fullname death_date club death_place birth_place birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
raymond comstock thorne 10 january 1921 chicago athletic association los angeles , california chicago , illinois 29 april 1887 raymond thorne
 freestyle ray thorne `` ray ''
raymond thorne

raymond comstock thorne -lrb- april 29 , 1887 -- january 10 , 1921 -rrb- was an american competition swimmer who represented the united states at the 1904 summer olympics in st. louis , missouri .
in the 1904 olympics he won a silver medal as a member of american 4x50 yard freestyle relay team and was sixth in the 50 yards swimming .
he was born in chicago , illinois , and died in a car crash in los angeles , california .
