Ralph Purchase

{{Short description|American rower (1916–2000)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1948 London|Eight}}

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Ralph Purchase (11 July 1916 – 11 January 2000) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the men's eight at the 1948 Summer Olympics, as the coxswain for the American team.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113109/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/ralph-purchase-1.html Profile: Ralph Purchase] sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 10 December 2008)