Angus Frantz

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAngus MacDonald•Frantz
Used nameAngus•Frantz
Nick/petnamesGuish
Born20 June 1895 in Duluth, MinnesotaUSA
Died16 July 1973 (aged 78 years 26 days) in New York, New YorkUSA
Measurements174 cm
AffiliationsNYAC — New York, New YorkUSA
NOCUnited StatesUSA

Biography

Angus Frantz wrestled at Lawrenceville prep and at Princeton University, captaining the Princeton team in his senior year of 1916. Frantz was runner-up in the Eastern Intercollegiates in 1914, 1915, and 1916. His cousin, Jacob Frantz, also wrestled at Princeton, and won that tournament in 1911-13. After graduation Angus Frantz served in the ambulance corps in France for two years during World War I. He then returned to medical school at Columbia University and later became a neurologist and psychiatrist. While in medical school he wrestled for the New York Athletic Club. Frantz’s wife, Virginia Kneeland, was a fellow medical student at Columbia and became a well-known surgeon and medical educator.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1920 Summer Olympics Wrestling USA Angus Frantz
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) 4