George Brown (rower)

Canadian rower

George Brown (February 7, 1839 at Herring Cove, Nova Scotia,[1] British North America - July 8, 1875) was a champion single sculler and for five years in a row won the $150 Belt offered by the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. He was regarded as one of the greatest long distance scullers in the world.[2] He was the winner of the Cogswell Belt race from 1864 to 1868.[2] He died on July 8, 1875, and is buried in St. John's Cemetery, Halifax, where there is a plaque in recognition of his rowing accomplishments.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "HalifaxCountyNSGenWeb Project". Rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
2. ^ a b "Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame > Inductees > Search > Inductee Details". sportnovascotia.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-31.

This biographical article relating to Canadian rowing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template