Frank Courtney

{{short description|Canadian rower}}

{{distinguish|Frank Courtnay}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Frank Courtney

| full_name =

| image = Francis Bernard Courtney.png

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| nationality = Canadian

| sport = Rowing

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|7|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Reading, Berkshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|8|28|1906|7|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Basse-Normandie, German-occupied France

}}

Francis Bernard Courtney (13 July 1906 – 28 August 1944) was a Canadian rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/frank-courtney-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101049/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/frank-courtney-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Frank Courtney Olympic Results |accessdate=29 July 2018}} He was killed in action during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |access-date=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}

Personal life

Courtney served as a major in the South Saskatchewan Regiment during the Second World War. He was killed on 28 August 1944 whilst fighting in the Basse-Normandie region of France. Courtney is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.{{CWGC|id=2331964|name=Courtney, Francis Bernard|access-date=18 May 2020}}

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