Wayne Thomas Frye AviationMuseumKY · November 3, 2012 Born in Trinity, KY, he entered the US Naval Academy, Annapolis in 1950 where, besides being an outstanding student he was also a world class athlete. In 1952, he won an Olympic Gold Medal at the summer games in Helsinki, Finland, competing in Men's Coxed Eights Rowing. Unlike many US Naval Academy rowers, he went on to win three titles after graduation, taking national titles in both the association single sculls and the quad sculls while rowing for the Potomac Boating Club, Washington DC.
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