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Howard Kingsbury

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Kingsbury with the Yale Eight
Howard Kingsbury
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1924 Paris Men's eight

Howard Thayer Kingsbury Jr. (September 11, 1904 – October 27, 1991) was an American rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Argenteuil/Paris, France. Known as "Ox", Kingsbury was born in New York City, lived in Manhattan in the Kingsbury house,[1] and prepared at Groton School graduating in 1922.[2] Kingsbury attended Yale University, where he captained the Yale eight rowing team as the six-oar and played football graduating in 1926.[3] He pursued further studies at The Queen's College, Oxford where he rowed with the Oxford crew as the six-oar in the 79th Boat Race against Cambridge in 1927.

In 1924, he was part of the American Eights boat, which won the gold medal.[3] Kingsbury died in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts.[4] He was the father of Nathaniel Wales Kingsbury (October 19, 1940 – November 9, 1998).

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  1. ^ Miller, Tom (April 20, 2018). "Daytonian in Manhattan: The Howard T. Kingsbury House - 116 East 70th Street". Daytonian in Manhattan. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "TimesMachine: Sunday November 22, 1964 - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Olympedia – Howard Kingsbury". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Nov 20, 1991, page 86 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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