Angus Frantz

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAngus MacDonald•Frantz
Used nameAngus•Frantz
Nick/petnamesGuish
Born20 June 1895 in Duluth, Minnesota (USA)
Died16 July 1973 in New York, New York (USA)
Measurements174 cm
AffiliationsNYAC, New York (USA)
NOC United States

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