John Joseph Francis Mulcahy (July 20, 1876 – November 19, 1942) was the winner of the 1904 Olympic

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event with his partner William Varley. The duo also won the silver medal in the pair without coxswain event. Mulcahy was one of the most accomplished rowers to come from the

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area and served as president of the Atalanta Boat Club (established in 1848) on New York City's

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. He graduated from

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in 1894 and established Fordham's first rowing team in 1915. He was inducted into the National Rowing Hall of Fame in 1956 and the Fordham University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.

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Olympic Database RowingOfficial Olympic Site
1876 births 1942 deaths American male rowers Rowers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing Fordham University alumni Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub Fordham Preparatory School alumni