Hubert Caldwell

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Hubert Augustus Caldwell (born December 26, 1907 in Oakland , California , † August 9, 1972 ibid) was an American rower .

The 1.89 m wide Hubert Caldwell studied at the University of California, Berkeley , and worked for the rowing team of University Sports Team Golden Bears to. At the 1928 Olympic Games , the eighth of the Golden Bears represented the United States in the line-up of Marvin Stalder , John Brinck , Francis Frederick , William Thompson , William Dally , James Workman , Hubert Caldwell, Peter Donlon and helmsman Donald Blessing . The US rowers won all five races, in the final they defeated the British eighth. In doing so, they established a tradition of the rowing team of the Golden Bears , which also placed eighth in the Olympic final in 1932 and 1948 .

Caldwell worked as an engineer in Piedmont after graduating .

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  • Wolf Reinhardt, Ralph Schlueter: The games of the IX. 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam and the II Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2018, ISBN 978-3-89784-411-7 . Pp. 335-340
personal data
SURNAME Caldwell, Hubert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caldwell, Hubert Augustus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland , California
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1972
Place of death Oakland , California