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The first Olympic Games in the Western Hemisphere were played on this site and in Francis Gymnasium as part of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. These Washington University facilities are named for David R. Francis, an 1870 alumnus and the St. Louis organizer of the Olympics and the Fair. Francis also served as Mayor of St. Louis, Governor of Missouri, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, and U.S. Ambassador to Russia.
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