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John Furla (August 15, 1870 – May 31, 1938) was a Greek-American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he was thirteenth in marathon competition.

Furla was born in Greece, and emigrated to the United States settling in Chicago in about 1893.

Furla, a St. Louis resident who sold fruit at the World's Fair, later owned the city's largest fruit wholesale company.

References

1. "John Furla". Olympedia. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
2. Holleman, Joe (May 14, 2016). "Spotlight: Lone marker notes 1904 Olympic marathon route, but who put it up?". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

External links

• list of American athletes Archived 2007-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
• John Furla at Olympedia

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