POLICE LIFEGUARD GEORGE L. AHLGREN
SDPD 06/30/1945 - PENDING
08/16/1928 - 12/30/1951
George was a member of the 1948 US Olympic rowing team the year they
won the gold medal

George was a Lieutenant in the United States Army and was killed in an airplane crash in 1951 on his way back to  Fort Benning. 

In 1961 his oar was enshired into the San Diego Hall of Champions.
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