Pete Frates

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Pete Frates was an American college baseball player and ALS advocate who became widely known for inspiring the viral Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness and funds for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research.

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instanceOf ALS advocate
college baseball player
human
awardReceived ALS Association Hero Award
ESPN Inspiration Award
burialPlace St. Mary’s Cemetery, Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
causeOfDeath amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
child Lucy Frates
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1984-12-28
dateOfDeath 2019-12-09
describedBySource obituaries in major U.S. newspapers
educatedAt Boston College
familyName Frates
fieldOfWork ALS advocacy
charity fundraising
founded Pete Frates Family Foundation
givenName Peter
hasCause viral social media campaign for ALS research
hasPart Pete Frates Family Foundation
honor Boston College retired his jersey number 3
influenced global charitable fundraising via social media
knownFor inspiring the Ice Bucket Challenge
medicalCondition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
memberOfSportsTeam Boston College Eagles baseball
movement ALS awareness movement
name Pete Frates
nativeLanguage English
notableFor Ice Bucket Challenge
occupation advocate
baseball player
placeOfBirth Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
positionPlayedOnTeam outfielder
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
sportingAffiliation Atlantic Coast Conference
spouse Julie Frates

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Pete Frates name Pete Frates
Ice Bucket Challenge keyFigure Pete Frates
Ice Bucket Challenge inspiredBy Pete Frates
Ice Bucket Challenge popularizedBy Pete Frates