Jack Brown (rower)
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| Born | 1920 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Loughborough BC | ||||||||||||||
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John Brown (born 1920), also known as Jack Brown or Boris Brown,[1] was a rower who competed for England.
Rowing career
[edit]Brown represented England and won a bronze medal in the double sculls with Ken Tinegate at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3]
Brown along with his double sculls rowing partner Ken Tinegate, were twice runner-up of the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, behind Danes Ebbe Parsner and Aage Larsen.[4]
Personal life
[edit]During the Games in 1950 he lived at Hume House, Sparrow Hill, Loughborough. He was a company director and was a member of the Loughborough Boat Club.[5]
Brown was the son of Owen Alfred Brown (1883–1954). Following his father's death, Jack took over his father's business, alongside his brothers Owen and William.[6] He married Catherine Williams in 1950.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "£20,000 Tents in Show Floods". Leicester Evening Mail. 27 July 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Henley results". Liverpool Evening Express. 8 July 1950. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1905–1960 (Double sculls wins)". Birmingham Rowing Club.
- ^ "For The Shows". Leicester Evening Mail. 10 September 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Star Oarsman Weds Hospital Sister". Leicester Mercury. 27 December 1950. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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