Herbert Roger Morris (July 16, 1915 – July 22, 2009) was an American rower, born in Seattle, an Olympic gold medallist at Berlin 1936.[1]
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Morris had rowed on Puget Sound as a boy and took up sweep-oar rowing at the University of Washington. He rowed in UW senior varsity eights which won US national Intercollegiate Rowing Association titles in 1936 and 1937.[2] At the 1936 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal rowing in the bow seat of the American boat in the men's eight competition.[1][3]
Morris was a mechanical engineering graduate. In his professional career he worked on large scale dredging projects in the Seattle area.[2]
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See also: 1972 New Zealand eight · 1984 Canadian men's eight |