John Stewart Tritle

John Stewart Tritle
John Stewart Tritle
Born	March 22, 1871; Virginia City, Nevada, United States
Died	March 7, 1947 (aged 75); St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Burial place	St. Louis, Missouri
Alma mater	Yale University
Children	John S Tritle Junior; Clarence H Tritle; [1]
Parents	Frederick Augustus Tritle (father); Jane Catherine Hereford (mother);
	Tennis career
Country (sports)	United States
Singles
Olympic Games	L (1904)
Doubles
Olympic Games	L (1904)

John Stewart Tritle (March 22, 1871 – March 7, 1947) was an American businessman and tennis player. The son of Arizona Territory governor Frederick Augustus Tritle,[2] Tritle directed the construction of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and competed in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1904 Summer Olympics which were held as a part of the Exposition.[3][4][2]

After the Exposition, he became the general manager of the Kansas City district of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and retired as the Vice President for the Pittsburgh office.[5]

References

"John Stewart Tritle Is To Be Buried Here". The St. Louis Star and Times. March 12, 1947.
"Men You Should Know". The Pittsburgh Press. October 17, 1933. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
"Stewart Tritle Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
"Stewart Tritle". Olympedia. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
"John Stewart Tritle dies in Florida". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 12, 1947.

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