Eddie Eagan

For the New York City police detective, see Eddie Egan.

Medal record
Eagan at 1920 Summer Olympics.
Men's boxing
Competitor for the United States
Summer Olympics
Gold	1920 Antwerp	Light-heavyweight
Men's bobsleigh
Winter Olympics
Gold	1932 Lake Placid	Four-man

Edward "Eddie" Patrick Francis Eagan (April 26, 1897 – June 14, 1967) was an American sportsman. He is one of only two persons to have won a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

Olympics

Eagan was born into a poor family in Denver, Colorado. He studied law at Harvard University and later at the University of Oxford. In 1920, Eagan competed as a boxer at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and won the gold medal in the light-heavyweight division. Eagan's other boxing awards include the 1919 AAU title and a British amateur title. He also competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics, but failed to medal, having lost in the first round to Arthur Clifton (see Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's heavyweight).

Winter Olympics

Eagan returned to the Olympics eight years later, this time as a member of the bobsleigh crew of Billy Fiske, who steered to victory at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Eagan became the first of four Olympians to medal in both Winter and Summer Games, followed by Jacob Tullin Thams (Norway), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (East Germany), and Clara Hughes (Canada). He remains the only competitor to win gold medals in both seasons.

Retirement

The grave of Eddie Eagan in Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, New York

Later, Eagan became a lawyer, and served in the army as a colonel during World War II. He died at age 70, in Rye, New York and was interred at Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, New York.

See also

• List of Olympians who won medals in the Summer and Winter Games