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Bill Denton
Full name	William Thomas Denton
Born	(1911-02-01)February 1, 1911 Collinsville, Texas, U.S.
Died	March 8, 1946(1946-03-08) (aged 35) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 Total 0 1 0 Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles Rings

William Thomas Denton (February 1, 1911 – March 8, 1946) was an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Collinsville, Texas and died in Washington, D.C.

In 1932 he won the silver medal in the rings competition.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tom Denton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Full name: William Thomas "Tom" Denton

External links

• William Denton at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• William Thomas Denton at Olympics.com
• Tom Denton at Olympedia (archive)

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Men's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team Frank Cumiskey Frank Haubold Al Jochim Fred Meyer Michael Schuler Individuals Raymond Bass Richard Bishop Dallas Bixler Ed Carmichael Thomas F. Connolly Bill Denton Philip Erenberg William Galbraith Marcel Gleyre Ed Gross George Gulack William Herrmann William Kuhlemeier George Roth Herman Witzig Rowland Wolfe
Coaches	Franz Kanis (Head coach) Roy E. Moore (Manager) Herbert G. Forsell (Trainer)

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