Gordon Adam (rower)

Gordon Adam, along with John White and Donald Hume, was on the eighth of the Washington Huskies , the University of Washington sports team that won the Freshmen Championship at the 1935 Intercollegiate Rowing Association national eight championships. In 1936 and 1937 Adam belonged to the victorious eighth of the first team, in 1938 he finished third in his final year. 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.

Adam worked at Boeing in Seattle for 38 years after graduating .

literature

James Daniel Brown : The Miracle of Berlin: How nine rowers brought the Nazis to their knees . Translation by Wolfram Ströle. Munich: Riemann, 2015 ISBN 978-3-641-09330-3

Gordy Adam in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
The Husky crew in the 1930s (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Adam, Gordon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adam, Gordon Belgum (full name); Adam, Gordy (short name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rower
DATE OF BIRTH	May 26, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seattle , Washington
DATE OF DEATH	March 27, 1992
Place of death	Laguna Hills , California