John Rigby (rower)
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Birth name | John Brian Freeman Rigby | |||||||||||||
Born | 7 April 1906 | |||||||||||||
Died | 1975 | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||
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John Brian Freeman Rigby (7 April 1906 – 1975) was a New Zealand rower. At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four.[1] He was a member of the Petone Rowing Club, and his team members in the 1938 boat were Jim Clayton (stroke), Albert Hope, Kenneth Boswell, and George Burns (cox).[2]
References
- ↑ "John Rigby". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ "Petone Oarsmen". The Evening Post. CXXV (15). 19 January 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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