Edward Patrick Francis "Eddie" Eagan (April 26, 1897 – June 14, 1967) is an American sportsman. He was the first person to medal at both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games. As of 2004, he is the only person to have won a gold medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gold Medal is an album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004. ... The Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee. ... A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ...

Eagan was born into a poor family in Denver. He studied law at Yale University and later at the University of Oxford. In 1920, Eagan competed as a boxer in the first post-war Olympics, 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 in the 1924 Summer Olympics, but failed to medal. Nickname: The Mile-High City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Boxing, nicknamed the sweet science and also called pugilism or prizefighting, is a sport where two participants of similar weight attack each other with their fists in a series of two to three-minute intervals called rounds. In both Amateur and Professional divisions, the combatants (called boxers or fighters) avoid... The Games of the VII Olympiad were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. ... - The Amateur Athletic Union, widely known as the AAU, was formed in United States. ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ...

Eagan returned to the Olympics eight years later, this time as a member of the bobsleigh crew of Bobby Fiske, who steered to victory at the Lake Placid Olympics. Eagan's performance meant he became the first Olympian to win medals in both Winter and Summer Games, and he is still the only American to have become Olympic champion in both seasons. Historic bobteam from Davos around 1910 Bobsleigh is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. ... The III Olympic Winter Games were held in Lake Placid, New York, USA and opened on February 4, 1932. ...

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. Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ... Rye, New York is the name of two places in Westchester County, New York. ...