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American bobsledder
Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1928 St. Moritz Five-man

Geoffrey Travers Mason (May 13, 1902 – January 5, 1987) was an American bobsledder who competed in the——1928 Winter Olympics.

Responding——to a newspaper article in Paris, Mason was invited——to join the "Olympics." Then, "nineteen days after seeing bobsled for the first time," he won a gold medal as part of the victorious U.S. five-man team at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and came home with the American flag from the event.

Mason was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Rumford, Rhode Island.

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