John R. MAXWELL

United States of America
United States of America
Olympic Medals
1S
Games Participations1
First Olympic GamesSt. Louis 1904
Year of Birth1871

Biography

The Olympic team golf event was held on a Sunday and Dr John Maxwell played with the Trans-Mississippi team. He did not compete individually bcause he had to return to a busy medical practice. At the Keokuk Medical College, Maxwell was a professor of anatomy and surgery and was one of the first specialists in proctology. He had come to Keokuk as a medical student after his undergraduate days at the University of Illinois, where he had played on the football and baseball teams. Maxwell died very young, from kidney failure, but he had won several golf titles by that time. Among them were the 1900 Iowa State Amateur and the 1903 Trans-Mississippi Amateur. Maxwell played in the 1902 US Amateur, losing in round one.

Olympic Results

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