Bob Frojen

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRobert Charles "Bob"•Frojen
Used nameBob•Frojen
Born1 December 1930 in Hamburg, Hamburg (GER)
Died11 December 2005 in Los Angeles, California (USA)
Measurements181 cm / 82 kg
AffiliationsSouthern California Water Polo Club
NOC United States

Biography

Born in Germany to American parets, Bob Frojen grew up in Southern California. He played first at Fullerton Junior College and then at Stanford, graduating in 1952, and making All-American as a swimmer in 1950-52 and played for AAU water polo champions outdoors in 1949-50, and indoors in 1957, playing for the Southern California Water Polo Club. Frojen also won a silver medal at the 1955 Pan American Games. He worked as a banker at the time of the 1956 Olympics, but later went into public relations with Bozell & Jacobs. Frojen was inducted into the US Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1981.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Summer Olympics Water Polo (Aquatics) USA Bob Frojen
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) United States 5

Special Notes