• Eddie Eagan, a medalist at the 1932 Winter Olympics in bobsledding and at the 1920 Summer Olympics in boxing, is the only person to have won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics?

Facts on topics related to Eddie Eagan

1988 Summer Olympics

• Brazilian judoka and 1988 Olympic Champion Aurélio Miguel was later elected to the city council of São Paulo?

Olympic Flame

• Australian veterinary student Barry Larkin carried a fake Olympic Flame in the 1956 Summer Olympics as a protest, because he thought the flame was given too much reverence?
• Pakistani model Vaneeza Ahmad was one of the select few celebrities to carry the Olympic torch at the relay in Islamabad?
• Fritz Schilgen was the final torchbearer for the first Olympic torch relay at the 1936 Summer Games?
• former U.S. decathlete Rafer Johnson ignited the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics?

Olympic Oath

• besides taking the athletes' oath, Paul Aste also competed on the bobsleigh track that he designed for the 1964 Winter Olympics?

1920 Summer Olympics

• Eddie Eagan, a medalist at the 1932 Winter Olympics in bobsledding and at the 1920 Summer Olympics in boxing, is the only person to have won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics?
• Duke Dunne, an Olympic pentathlete and Michigan football captain, later presided over the sale of the Chicago White Sox to Bill Veeck and the Kansas City Athletics to Charlie Finley?
• prior to the creation of the Winter Olympics, an ice hockey tournament (winning team pictured) was held at the 1920 Summer Olympics?