Harold Morphy

{{short description|British rower}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}

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| name = Harold Morphy

| birth_name = Harold Lewis Morphy

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| nationality = British

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| birth_date = 6 March 1902

| birth_place = Patras, Greece

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|8|1|1902|3|6|df=yes}}

| death_place = Corfu, Greece

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| country = Great Britain

| sport = Rowing

| event = Men's eight

| club = Thames Rowing Club

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| olympics = 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris

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Harold Lewis Morphy (6 March 1902 – 1 August 1987) was a British rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/harold-morphy-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035450/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/harold-morphy-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Harold Morphy|work=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}

Biography

Born in Patras, Greece, on 6 March 1902, Morphy was educated at Bedford School.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/37410 |title=Harold Morphy |work=Olympedia |access-date=30 October 2021}} He was placed fourth in the men's eight at the 1924 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/harold-morphy-nautical-sports-spf65603.html|title=Nautical Sports - Harold Morphy (Great Britain) : season totals|publisher=}} He served in the British Army during the Second World War and died in Patras, Greece in 1987.{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35163/supplement/2792/data.pdf |title=Supplement |website=www.thegazette.co.uk |format=PDF}}

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