Herbert Morris

Herbert Roger Morris (July 16, 1915 – July 22, 2009) was an American rower, born in Seattle, an Olympic gold medallist at Berlin 1936.[1]

For other people named Herbert Morris, see Herbert Morris (disambiguation).
Herbert Morris
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 BerlinEight

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]

References
  1. Brown, Daniel James (2013). The Boys In The Boat, Viking / Penguin Group, New York. ISBN 978-0-670-02581-7.
  2. Withers, Bud (July 24, 2009). "Huskies' last surviving member of 1936 Olympic-gold crew team dies". The Seattle Times.
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