Roscoe Lockwood

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The Olympic champions from Philadelphia 1900

Roscoe Conkling Lockwood (born November 22, 1875 in Upper Pittsgrove , New Jersey , † November 24, 1960 in Moorestown , New Jersey) was an American rower . Roscoe Lockwood rowed for the Vesper Boat Club Philadelphia .

When the Olympic rowing competitions were held for the first time at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 , the eighth of the Vesper Boat Club was the only American boat at the start. William Carr , Harry DeBaecke , John Exley , John Geiger , Edwin Hedley , James Juvenal , Roscoe Lockwood, Edward Marsh and helmsman Louis Abell won with six seconds ahead of the Belgian eighth.

Lockwood was the only rower of the Olympic eight, besides helmsman Abell, who came from New Jersey. He later returned to New Jersey and served in the state alcohol control in Moorestown.

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SURNAME Lockwood, Roscoe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lockwood, Roscoe Conkling (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Upper Pittsgrove , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1960
Place of death Moorestown , New Jersey