Jack Brown (rower)
1950 British Empire Games, Tinegate (left) and Brown (right) Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 1920 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2001 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Loughborough BC | ||||||||||||||
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John Brown (13 August 1920 – 2001), also known as Jack Brown or Boris Brown,[1] was a rower who competed for England.
Rowing career
Brown represented England and won a bronze medal in the double sculls with Ken Tinegate at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3] Shortly before the Games the pair had to purchase a new boat after their previous one had been badly damaged by a submerged tree during training in Southport.[4]
Brown, along with his double sculls rowing partner Ken Tinegate, were twice runner-up of the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, behind Danes Ebbe Parsner and Aage Larsen.[5]
Personal life and death
Brown was born on 13 August 1920.[6] During the Games in 1950, he lived at Hume House, Sparrow Hill, Loughborough. He was a company director and was a member of the Loughborough Boat Club.[7]
Brown was the son of Owen Alfred Brown (1882–1954). Following his father's death, Jack took over his father's business, alongside his brothers Owen and William.[8] He married Catherine Williams in 1950.[9] Brown died in 2001, at the age of 80.[10]
References
- ^ "£20,000 Tents in Show Floods". Leicester Evening Mail. 27 July 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Damaged craft beyond repair". Nottingham Evening Post. 13 December 1949. Retrieved 13 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Henley results". Liverpool Evening Express. 8 July 1950. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Jack Brown". 1939 England and Wales Register. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "1905–1960 (Double sculls wins)". Birmingham Rowing Club.
- ^ "For The Shows". Leicester Evening Mail. 10 September 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Star Oarsman Weds Hospital Sister". Leicester Mercury. 27 December 1950. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "John Brown". England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007. Retrieved 14 September 2025.