george, brown, rower, george, brown, february, 1839, herring, cove, nova, scotia, british, north, america, july, 1875, champion, single, sculler, five, years, belt, offered, royal, nova, scotia, yacht, squadron, regarded, greatest, long, distance, scullers, wo. George Brown February 7 1839 at Herring Cove Nova Scotia 1 British North America July 8 1875 was a champion single sculler and for five years in a row won the 150 Belt offered by the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron He was regarded as one of the greatest long distance scullers in the world 2 He was the winner of the Cogswell Belt race from 1864 to 1868 2 He died on July 8 1875 and is buried in St John s Cemetery Halifax where there is a plaque in recognition of his rowing accomplishments References edit HalifaxCountyNSGenWeb Project Rootsweb ancestry com Retrieved 2013 07 10 a b Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame gt Inductees gt Search gt Inductee Details sportnovascotia ca Archived from the original on 2014 01 08 Retrieved 2014 01 31 nbsp This biographical article relating to Canadian rowing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Brown rower amp oldid 1193383272, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
