Charles Day (rower)

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Charles "Chuck" Ward Day (born October 19, 1914 in Colville , Washington , † May 26, 1962 in Seattle , Washington ) was an American rower .

Charles Day, along with Jim McMillin and helmsman Robert Moch , was a member of eighth of the Washington Huskies , the University of Washington sports team that lost to the University of California, Berkeley team in the 1935 National Eights Championships of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association in 1936 and In 1937 Day was among the victorious eighth. In 1936 the eighth of the huskies qualified for participation in the Olympic Games in Berlin . The eighth with Herbert Morris , Charles Day, Gordon Adam , John White , Jim McMillin, George Hunt , Joseph Rantz , Donald Hume and helmsman Robert Moch won in Berlin ahead of the Italians and the Germans, with all three boats crossing the finish line within a second rowed.

Charles Day was the son of a dentist and completed a medical degree himself. He was a doctor in the US Navy in the South Pacific during World War II . After the war he worked as a gynecologist. The only smoker in the figure eight of 1936 was the first on the crew to die in 1962.

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SURNAME Day, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Day, Charles Ward (full name); Day, Chuck (short name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Colville , Washington
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 1962
Place of death Seattle , Washington