Charles Armstrong (rower)

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Charles Ewing Armstrong (born October 23, 1881 in Philadelphia , † March 12, 1952 in West Point , Pennsylvania ) was an American rower . Charles Armstrong rowed for the Vesper Boat Club Philadelphia .

The eighth of the Vesper Boat Club had already won the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 . Four years later at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis , the helmsman Louis Abell and the batsman John Exley sat again in the eight, the other seven rowers, including Charles Armstrong, were new. In St. Louis, the eighth of the Vesper Boat Club met the eighth of the Argonaut Rowing Club from Toronto, the only 1904 participating boat that did not come from the United States. The Philadelphia team won by three boat lengths.

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SURNAME Armstrong, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Armstrong, Charles Ewing (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1952
Place of death West Point, Pennsylvania