Guy Nickalls
Guy Nickalls | |
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Born | |
Died | 8 July 1935 | (aged 68)
Education | Eton College and Magdalen College Oxford, |
Occupation | rower |
Children | Guy Oliver Nickalls |
Parent | Tom Nickalls & Emily Quihampton |
Relatives | Vivian Nickalls, brother |
Guy Nickalls (13 November 1866 – 8 July 1935) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the British eight that won gold, won 22 events at Henley Royal Regatta and won the Wingfield Sculls three times.[1]
Early life and education
Nickalls was born at Sutton, then in Surrey, the son of Tom Nickalls (1827–1899) who was a stockjobber on the stock exchange and one of the founding members of the London Rowing Club.[2][3] His mother, Emily, was the first woman to climb Mont Blanc and Monta Rosa in the same week.[4] Guy was one of twelve children, of whom his brother Vivian was also a successful oarsman.[citation needed]
Nickalls was educated at Eton College where he was known as "Luni" due to his reckless behaviour[1]. He played football with success, and when not engaged in athletically breaking his bones or risking his neck, he would row. At Eton he won the Junior Sculling in 1884, the School Pulling in 1885/86, and School Sculling in 1885. His ability was soon noticed and he secured the four seats in the Eton Eight, carrying off the Ladies' Challenge Plate at Henley Royal Regatta in 1885.
Nickalls went up to
Main rowing career
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's rowing | ||
Representing Great Britain | ||
1908 London | Eight |
After Oxford, Nickalls joined
After a break of several years, Nickalls was a member of the Leander crew that won the Grand in 1905, but over the next few years the dominant eight in the event was the Belgian crew from
Later career
From 1913 to 1916 Nickalls coached
Nickalls tried to join the army in 1914 on the outbreak of war, but was turned down on account of age. By late 1917 the army had a change of heart, sending him to France, then age fifty, as a Captain in the 23rd Lancashire Fusiliers in charge of physical and bayonet training. After the war, he resumed his career as a stockbroker.[citation needed]
When Zürich Rowing Club won the Stewards on 6 July 1935, Nickalls told Gully "Thank God I have been spared to see what I believe to be the finest four of all time". The next morning, he was in car crash near Leeds en route to Scotland for a fishing holiday, and died in hospital the following evening. On the same day his school friend and rowing partner, Lord Ampthill, died.[citation needed]
Personal
Nickalls married Ellen Gilbey Gold in London in 1898. She was the sister of
Rowing achievements
Olympic Games
- 1908 – Gold, Eight (racing in a Leander crew representing Great Britain)
Henley Wins
- 1885 – Ladies Plate (racing as Eton college)
- 1888 – Diamond Challenge Sculls (racing as Magd. Coll., Oxon)
- 1889 – Diamond Challenge Sculls (racing as Magd. Coll., Oxon)
- 1890 – Silver Goblets(with Lord Ampthill, racing as OUBC)
- 1890 – Diamond Challenge Sculls (racing as Magd. Coll., Oxon)
- 1891 – Grand Challenge Cup (racing as Leander Club)
- 1891 – Silver Goblets(with Lord Ampthill, racing as Leander Club)
- 1892 – Grand Challenge Cup (racing as Leander Club)
- 1893 – Stewards' Challenge Cup (racing as Magd. Coll., Oxon)
- 1893 – Diamond Challenge Sculls (racing as Magd. Coll., Oxon)
- 1894 – Silver Goblets(with V. Nickalls racing as Formosa BC)
- 1894 – Diamond Challenge Sculls (racing as Formosa BC)
- 1895 – Stewards' Challenge Cup (racing as London RC)
- 1895 – Silver Goblets(with V. Nickalls racing as London RC)
- 1896 – Grand Challenge Cup (racing as Leander Club)
- 1896 – Stewards' Challenge Cup (racing as London RC)
- 1896 – Silver Goblets(with V. Nickalls racing as London RC)
- 1897 – Stewards' Challenge Cup (racing as Leander Club)
- 1897 – Silver Goblets(with E.R Balfour racing as Leander Club)
- 1905 – Grand Challenge Cup (racing as Leander Club)
- 1905 – Stewards' Challenge Cup (racing as Leander Club)
- 1906 – Stewards' Challenge Cup (racing as Leander Club)
- 1907 – Stewards' Challenge Cup (racing as Magd. Coll., Oxon)
Wingfield Sculls
- 1887
- 1888
- 1889
See also
References
- ^ "Guy Nickalls". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- New York Times. 12 May 1899. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
Tom Nickalls, father of the famous scullers, Guy and Vivian Nickalls, died to-day at Pattison Court, at the age of seventy-two. When a boy Mr. Nickalls ...
- Daily Mail and Empire. 12 May 1899. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
Nickalls, father of the famous scullers, Guy and Vivian Nickalls, died to-day at court, Redhill, at the age of 72 years. When a boy, Mr. Nickalls ...
- ^ Guy Nickalls Life's a pudding :an autobiography 1939
- ^ a b M. Blandford-Baker, Upon the Elysian Stream, 2008
- ^ Wingfield Sculls Record of Races
- ^ "Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guy Nickalls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ G. Nickalls, quoted in T. Mendenhall, The Harvard-Yale Race and the Coming of Sport to the American College p. 298
- Windsor Magazine, p. 109 (July 1896)
- ^ Cook, Theodore Andrea; Nickalls, Guy (1908). Thomas Doggett Deceased. London: Archibald Constable.