John B. Rahm

(1855-1935) lived in Omaha. Businessman, golfer, won bronze medal as member of U.S. Golf Association team in 1904 Olympics, the only year the sport was an Olympic event; previously was general manager of hardware business from 1884 to 1929, and served as an officer of the Omaha Country Club, which was first organized in 1901. Consult Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County, Vol 2 (S. J. Clarke, 1917) 382 and Omaha World Herald obituary, July 29, 1935, p. 1 and Bill Mallon and Ian Buchanan, Quest For Gold: The Encyclopedia of American Olympians (Leisure Press, 1984) 119 and David Wallechinsky, The Complete Book of the Olympics (Penguin, 1988) 591-592.

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