Jack Dearlove
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 1911 Fulham, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 July 1967 (aged 56) Bromley, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | coxswain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Thames Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jack Gilroy Dearlove (5 June 1911 – 11 July 1967) was an English rower who competed as coxswain for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
Early life
[edit]Educated at Lynton House school in Holland Park, West London, he suffered severe injuries in a road accident aged 13 which resulted in his right leg being amputated.[2]
Sporting career
[edit]At the 1948 Summer Olympics in England he was the coxswain of the British boat which won the silver medal in the Eights.[1]
He represented the English team at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[3] where he won the bronze medal in the eights event.[4]
Personal life
[edit]His son Richard Dearlove went into the British Civil Service, becoming the British Government's Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, and later Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- 1 2 "The Olympic hero they kept in hiding". The Daily Telegraph. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "Jack Archer will fly to Games". Nottingham Journal. 7 December 1949. Retrieved 13 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
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