John Rigby (rower)
John Brian Freeman Rigby (7 April 1906 – 19 June 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]
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| Birth name | John Brian Freeman Rigby | |||||||||||||
| Born | 7 April 1906 | |||||||||||||
| Died | 19 June 1975 (aged 69) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||
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Rigby died on 19 June 1975, and his ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery, Wellington.[3][4]
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.
- "Cemeteries search: cremation". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- "Cemeteries search: memorial inscription". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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