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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1904-02-05)5 February 1904 Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 14 February 1942(1942-02-14) (aged 38) Indonesia | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Eights | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Geoffrey Hutchinson Crawford (5 February 1904 – 14 February 1942) was an English rower.
Rowing
He competed in the eights at the 1930 British Empire Games for England and won a gold medal.
He gained a blue for Oxford at The Boat Race 1926.
Personal life
He was an Agent at the time of the 1930 Games. Lieutenant Crawford was killed in action while serving with the Royal Artillery during World War II.
References
- "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
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- English male rowers
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- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
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- British Army personnel killed in World War II
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- Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
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