Geoffrey Crawford (rower)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1904 Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 February 1942 (aged 38) Indonesia | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Eights | ||||||||||||||
| Club | London RC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Geoffrey Hutchinson Crawford (5 February 1904 – 14 February 1942) was an English rower.
Biography
Crawford gained a blue for Oxford at The Boat Race 1926.
He competed for the 1930 English team in the eights event[1] at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[2] where he won a gold medal.[3]
He was an Agent at the time of the 1930 Games.[4] Lieutenant Crawford was killed in action while serving with the Royal Artillery during World War II.[5]
References
- ↑ "Dovorian in Empire Winning Crew". Dover Express. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 20 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ↑ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
- ↑ CWGC entrty
Categories:
- 1904 births
- 1942 deaths
- English male rowers
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in rowing
- Rowers at the 1930 British Empire Games
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Artillery officers
- Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
- Military personnel from Yorkshire
- Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English rowing biography stubs