Bob Leivers
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| Born | December 27, 1914 Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 28, 1964 (aged 49) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Thomas Hanford Leivers (27 December 1914 – 28 August 1964) was an English freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Nottingham and died in Chelsea, London.
In 1932 he finished fifth with the British relay team in the
Four years later he was a member of the British relay team which finished sixth in the
At the
During his athletic years he was famous for his friendly rivalry with fellow
Bob lived in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire where he ran the family business, Leivers Butchers with shops in Longton, Staffordshire and Meir, Staffordshire. He married Winifred May Leivers (née Degg) and fathered two children; Patricia Ann McLaughlin (née Leivers) and Robert Thomas Hanford Leivers.
See also
External links
- Bob Leivers at World Aquatics
- Bob Leivers at Olympedia
- Bob Leivers at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bob Leivers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- "In the Swim" (1934), British Pathé newsreel of Bob Leivers swimming at Winsford, Cheshire
