Gilbert Bayard Colgate Jr. (December 21, 1899 – October 9, 1965) was an American businessman and

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der who competed in the 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the

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, with teammate Richard Lawrence. He was born and died in

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. Colgate, a 1922

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graduate, and brother of the

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fraternity (Phi chapter); was also one of five children of Gilbert Colgate Sr., who was the great-grandson of

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, who founded what is now the

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Company. He served as a director of the Colgate company and was chairman of the Colgate-Larsen Aircraft Company. Gil Colgate was concerned about the population explosion and became one of the founders of

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References

Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964Biographical Dictionary of American Business article on Colgate's father
- Accessed August 11, 2007.
Ivy League sports featuring Colgate
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''. March 5, 1934. * 1899 births 1965 deaths American male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in bobsleigh Sportspeople from New York City Yale University alumni Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics Colgate family {{US-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub