David Brown (rower)

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David "Dave" Preston Brown (born May 16, 1928 in Walnut Creek , California , † August 14, 2004 in Talent , Oregon ) was a rower from the United States .

Brown graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and was a member of the rowing team on the University Sports Team Golden Bears . At the 1948 Olympic Games , the eighth of the Golden Bears represented the United States in the line-up of Ian Turner , David Turner , James Hardy , George Ahlgren , Lloyd Butler , David Brown, Justus Smith , John Stack and helmsman Ralph Purchase . The US rowers won the preliminary, semi-finals and finals; in the final they had a lead of over ten seconds over the second-placed British.

After completing his studies at Berkeley and Stanford and at the medical college in Palo Alto, which from 1959 also belonged to Stanford, David Brown worked as a family doctor and emergency physician.

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SURNAME Brown, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brown, David Preston (full name); Brown, Dave (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Walnut Creek , California
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2004
Place of death Talent , Oregon