Read, Frank Harold

READ, Frank Harold, rowing coach (b 1 Mar 1911, Vancouver; d 22 Jan 1994). Raised in VANCOUVER and on VANCOUVER ISLAND, he played FOOTBALL and rowed as a youth before turning to coaching with the UBC ROWING team in 1949. He became Canada's greatest rowing coach, leading his 8-oared with cox UBC team to a gold medal at the 1954 British Empire Games (see BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES) in Vancouver and an upset win over the powerful Russian team at the Henley Regatta in England in 1955....

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