Jack Dearlove
Jack Gilroy Dearlove was an English rower who competed as coxswain for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Educated at Lynton House school in Holland Park, West London, he suffered severe injuries in a road accident aged 13 which resulted in his right leg being amputated.Sporting career
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in England he was the coxswain of the British boat which won the silver medal in the Eights.He represented the England at the 1950 [British Empire Games|English team] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, where he won the bronze medal in the eights event.