Bernard Rowe

{{Short description|English wrestler (1904–1986)}}

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|birth_place = Nottingham, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|1986|3|5|1904|5|15|df=yes}}

|death_place = Nottingham, England

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{{MedalSport | Men's Freestyle wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1934 London | Light heavyweight}}

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Bernard James Rowe (15 May 1904 – 5 March 1986) was an English freestyle sport wrestler who competed for Great Britain in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/bernard-rowe-1.html |title=Bernard Rowe Olympic Results |accessdate=2013-09-13 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924113831/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/bernard-rowe-1.html |archivedate=24 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}

In 1924 he finished eleventh in the freestyle middleweight tournament. Four years later he finished sixth in the freestyle light heavyweight tournament at the 1928 Olympics. At the 1934 Empire Games, he won the silver medal in the freestyle light heavyweight class.

Family

His brother, Douglas, played football with Luton Town, Lincoln City and Southampton.{{cite book | title=The Alphabet of the Saints|last= Holley |first= Duncan |author2=Chalk, Gary|publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing |year=1992|isbn=0-9514862-3-3|page=292}}

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