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Jack Brown

Personal information
Born	1920 (1920)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Loughborough BC
Medal record Rowing Representing  England British Empire Games 1950 Auckland Double sculls

John Brown (born 1920), also known as Jack Brown or Boris Brown, was a rower who competed for England.

Rowing career

Brown represented England and won a bronze medal in the double sculls with Ken Tinegate at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.

Brown along with his double sculls rowing partner Ken Tinegate, were twice runner-up of the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, behind Danes Ebbe Parsner and Aage Larsen.

Personal life

During the Games in 1950 he lived at Hume House, Sparrow Hill, Loughborough. He was a company director and was a member of the Loughborough Boat Club.

Brown was the son of Owen Alfred Brown (1883–1954). Following his father's death, Jack took over his father's business, alongside his brothers Owen and William. He married Catherine Williams in 1950.

References

1. "£20,000 Tents in Show Floods". Leicester Evening Mail. 27 July 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. "1950 Athletes". Team England.
4. "Henley results". Liverpool Evening Express. 8 July 1950. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "1905–1960 (Double sculls wins)". Birmingham Rowing Club.
6. "For The Shows". Leicester Evening Mail. 10 September 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
7. "Star Oarsman Weds Hospital Sister". Leicester Mercury. 27 December 1950. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

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