Frederick Hird

Frederick Sylvester Hird (December 6, 1879 – September 27, 1952) was an American sports shooter who won one gold and two bronze medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

Frederick Hird

Hird in 1912
Personal information
Born	(1879-12-06)December 6, 1879 New Diggings, Wisconsin, United States
Died	September 27, 1952(1952-09-27) (aged 72) Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Shooting
Club	US Army
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm 50 m rifle, prone 1912 Stockholm Team 25 m small-bore rifle 1912 Stockholm Team 50 m small-bore rifle

Hird started as a professional boxer and semiprofessional baseball player, but in 1900 decided to pursue a military career and joined the Iowa National Guard. After competing at the 1912 Olympics he fought in the Mexican border campaign of 1914 and in World War I. From 1928 to 1936 he served as U.S. Marshall for southern Iowa and then as a special agent for the Iowa attorney general’s office, until retiring in 1943 as a lieutenant colonel.[1]