Gil Colgate
- Birth Date:
- 21.12.1899
- Death date:
- 09.10.1965
- Length of life:
- 65
- Days since birth:
- 45426
- Years since birth:
- 124
- Days since death:
- 21392
- Years since death:
- 58
- Person's maiden name:
- Gilbert Bayard Colgate
- Categories:
- Businessman, Olympic champion, Sportsman
- Nationality:
- american
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Gilbert Bayard "Gil" Colgate, Jr. (December 21, 1899 – October 9, 1965) was an American businessman and bobsledder who competed in the 1930s.
He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with teammate Richard Lawrence.
He was born and died in New York City.
Colgate, a 1922 Yale University graduate, and brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter); was also one of five children of Gilbert Colgate, Sr., who was the great-grandson of William Colgate, who founded what is now the Colgate-Palmolive Company. He served as a director of the Colgate company and was chairman of the Colgate-Larson Aircraft Company. Gil Colgate was concerned about the population explosion and became one of the founders of Planned Parenthood.
Source: wikipedia.org
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| Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | William Colgate | Grandfather | |
| 2 | Robert Colgate | Great grandfather | ||
| 3 | Sarah Colgate | Great grandmother | ||
| 4 | Richard Webster Lawrence | Coworker |
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