Wesley Oler
Encyclopedia
Wesley Marion Oler, Jr. was an American
baseball
player and track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
.
He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died in Alexandria, Virginia
In 1912 he finished 13th in the high jump competition
.
While a student athlete at Yale
University, he as initiated into the 1916 class of the Skull and Bones
Society.
He also competed in the exhibition baseball tournament
in Stockholm. It was the first appearance of baseball at the Olympics and Oler was one of four Americans who played for the Swedish team.
After working at a brokerage, he joined General Motors
in 1939 and retired as Director of Public Relations in 1956.
United States
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baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
player and track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
.
He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died in Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...
In 1912 he finished 13th in the high jump competition
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's high jump
The men's high jump, also known as the running high jump to distinguish it from the standing high jump, was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every...
.
While a student athlete at Yale
YALE
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University, he as initiated into the 1916 class of the Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones is an undergraduate senior or secret society at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. It is a traditional peer society to Scroll and Key and Wolf's Head, as the three senior class 'landed societies' at Yale....
Society.
He also competed in the exhibition baseball tournament
Baseball at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Baseball had its first appearance at the 1912 Summer Olympics as an exhibition sport. A game was played between the United States, the nation where the game was developed, and Sweden, the host nation. The game was held on Monday, 15 July 1912 and started at 10 a.m...
in Stockholm. It was the first appearance of baseball at the Olympics and Oler was one of four Americans who played for the Swedish team.
After working at a brokerage, he joined General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
in 1939 and retired as Director of Public Relations in 1956.