John_Rigby_(rower)

John Rigby (rower)

John Rigby (rower)

New Zealand 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, Ken Boswell, and George Burns (cox).[2]

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Rigby died on 19 June 1975, and his ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery, Wellington.[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    "John Rigby". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Petone Oarsmen". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXV, no. 15. 19 January 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Cemeteries search: cremation". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Cemeteries search: memorial inscription". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 7 June 2019.


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