John Rigby (rower)

John Rigby
Personal information
Birth nameJohn Brian Freeman Rigby
Born(1906-04-07)7 April 1906
Died19 June 1975(1975-06-19) (aged 69)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
British Empire Games
Silver medal – second place 1938 Sydney Coxed four

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]

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

References

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


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