Henry Proctor (rower)

Henry Arthur Proctor (born October 19, 1929 in Baxter Springs , Kansas , † April 13, 2005 in Camas , Washington ) was an American rower .

Henry Proctor was a cadet at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis and a member of the academy's eighth . This eight was nominated for the 1952 Olympic Games . In Helsinki, the US eight reached the final undefeated, where he won with over five seconds ahead of the Soviet and Australian boats. It was the seventh consecutive Olympic victory for the American eighth since 1920.

In 1954, Henry Proctor graduated from Annapolis and became an officer in the United States Air Force . In 1971 he left the Air Force as a Colonel .

He is buried in Tahoma National Cemetery , Kent, King County, Washington, USA.

literature

Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .

Web links

Henry Proctor in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Image of the tombstone
Image of the Olympic team

personal data
SURNAME	Proctor, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Proctor, Henry Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rower
DATE OF BIRTH	October 19, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Baxter Springs , Kansas
DATE OF DEATH	April 13, 2005
Place of death	Camas , Washington