Allen Morgan (rower)

Award ceremony 1948: (from left to right) Morgan, Westlund, Martin, Will, Giovanelli

Allen Jerome Morgan (born July 16, 1925 in Seattle , † September 12, 2011 ibid) was an American helmsman in rowing.

The Washington Huskies , Sports Team of the University of Washington , with coach Al Ulbrickson had at the Olympic Games in 1936 the victorious roller set. In 1948, the eighth Huskies lost to the Berkeley boat at the US student championships. For the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , however, the four-man with the helmsman of the huskies with Warren Westlund , Robert Martin , Robert Will , Gordon Giovanelli and helmsman Allen Morgan qualified . The crew won both in the preliminary run, in the intermediate run and in the semi-finals by a clear margin. In the final, the Americans won with three seconds ahead of Switzerland, bronze went to the Danish boat.

Web links

Allen Morgan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

^ The Seattle Times: Allen Jerome Morgan. In: Obituaries. www.legacy.com, October 9, 2011, accessed January 31, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Morgan, Allen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Morgan, Allen Jerome (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rower
DATE OF BIRTH	July 16, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seattle
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 2011
Place of death	Seattle