[5] Gronkowski was reluctant to travel to Paris and leave his wife and baby with the little money that he had saved.
However, that June, his coworkers at the American Radiator Company plant presented him with $582.70 (equivalent to $10,359.61 in 2023), enabling him to make the trip.
[4] The American team performed worse than expected at the Olympics at least in part because they had to use French bicycles to which they were not accustomed.
[1] Gronkowski did not participate in the 1928 Summer Olympics because there was no qualifying event held in the United States.
[1] His great-grandsons include National Football League players Rob, Dan, Chris and Glenn Gronkowski.