Jack Scholes

{{short description|New Zealand sailor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}

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| fullname = John Edgar Scholes

| nickname = Jack

| nationality = New Zealand

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1917|09|02}}

| birth_place = Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1989|07|15|1917|09|02}}

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| height = {{convert|1.87|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| classes = Soling

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John Edgar Scholes (2 September 1917 – 15 July 1989) was an Australian-born New Zealand sailor.

Scholes was born in Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia in 1917.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Jack Scholes |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/jack-scholes-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055227/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/jack-scholes-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 27 August 2017 }} He represented New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel. Scholes took 21st place in the Soling with Steve Marten as helmsman and Con Linton as fellow crew member.{{Cite sports-reference |title = New Zealand Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NZL/summer/1972/SAI/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NZL/summer/1972/SAI/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 27 August 2017 }} Scholes died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 15 July 1989.