Howard Kingsbury
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Howard Thayer Kingsbury Jr. (September 11, 1904 – October 27, 1991) was an American rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Argenteuil/Paris, France. Known as "Ox", Kingsbury was born in New York City, lived in Manhattan in the Kingsbury house,[1] and prepared at Groton School graduating in 1922.[2] Kingsbury attended Yale University, where he captained the Yale eight rowing team as the six-oar and played football graduating in 1926.[3] He pursued further studies at The Queen's College, Oxford where he rowed with the Oxford crew as the six-oar in the 79th Boat Race against Cambridge in 1927.
In 1924, he was part of the American Eights boat, which won the gold medal.[3] Kingsbury died in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts.[4] He was the father of Nathaniel Wales Kingsbury (October 19, 1940 – November 9, 1998).
References
- ^ Miller, Tom (April 20, 2018). "Daytonian in Manhattan: The Howard T. Kingsbury House - 116 East 70th Street". Daytonian in Manhattan. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
- ^ "TimesMachine: Sunday November 22, 1964 - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
- ^ a b "Olympedia – Howard Kingsbury". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
- ^ "Nov 20, 1991, page 86 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Howard Kingsbury". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011.
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Meyer, Hottenrott, Schreyer, Hirschfelder, Henning, Siebert, Ulbricht, Ott, Tiersch (FRG)
- 2020:
Mackintosh, Bond, Murray, Brake, Williamson, Wilson, Kirkham, Macdonald, Bosworth (NZL)
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