Frank P. Sheehan
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Francis Patrick Sheehan (1884 -1953) was a middle distance runner. He was a
member of the St. Alphonsus Athletic Club, South Boston Athletic Club, Boston
Athletic Association and the Boston Irish-American Athletic Club.
In 1907, Sheehan broke the 880-yard record at the Amateur Athletic Union junior
championship games at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a
member of the 1908 US Olympic Team, competing in London, England, but
without a sponsor, he had to pay his own way. He made it to the semi-finals.
Sheehan became deputy superintendent of the Department of School Buildings in
Boston. He lived on Savin Hill Avenue and later moved to Tuttle Street. He had a
long affiliation with the Boston Athletic Association, working as a track official.