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He finished 8th in the 1500 meters at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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Frank Crowley
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And, selected for the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980. Crowley placed third in the 1500 meters at the 1931 national championships. He thus qualified for the Olympics in Los Angeles, where he placed 8th.
There is an annual Crowley Brothers 10k Road Race (names for the three brothers) in Rutland Vermont exists to promote cardiovascular fitness.
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Crowley was Manhattan College"s first Olympian and National Collegiate Athletic Association champion graduating in 1934. Won National Collegiate Athletic Association two-mile championship in 1934. The following year the national championships doubled as the Olympic Trials and this time Crowley was second, behind Norwood Hallowell but ahead of National Collegiate Athletic Association champion Glenn Cunningham and American record holder Gene Venzke. Crowley continued his career after the Olympics and became United States champion at 5000 meters in 1934, winning in the meeting record time of 15:18.6.
