John Rigby (rower)

John Rigby
Personal information
Birth name John Brian Freeman Rigby
Born 7 April 1906
Died 1975
Sport
Sport Rowing

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

  1. "John Rigby". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. "Petone Oarsmen". The Evening Post. CXXV (15). 19 January 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2017.


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