George Hungerford
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Birth name | George William Hungerford | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | January 2, 1944||||||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | UBC Thunderbirds, Vancouver[1] | ||||||||||||||
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George William Hungerford,
Hungerford was supposed to compete at the 1964 Olympics in the
Hungerford attended High School at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island where he learned to row,[2] after high school he went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1968 both from the University of British Columbia. He was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1969. As of 2013, he worked as a corporate attorney at his own firm, the George W. Hungerford Law Corporation, and was also involved in sports administration.[1]
Hungerford was inducted into Canada's Sports (1964), British Columbia Sports (1966), the Canadian Olympic (1971), and the University of British Columbia Sports (1994) Halls of Fame. In 1984, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 2013 was appointed to the Order of British Columbia.[1]
His niece, Rebecca Marino, is a professional tennis player and was ranked as high as No. 38 in the world in July 2011.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b c d e George Hungerford Archived February 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ George Hungerford. UBC LAW Alumni Magazine. Spring 2007. p. 19
- ^ "Rebecca Marino finds joy in rowing after retirement from pro tennis". CBC Sports. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- ^ "Rebecca Marino will return to competition". Tennis Canada. Retrieved October 17, 2017.