Ralph Purchase

American rower
Ralph Purchase
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London Eight

Ralph Purchase (¨11 July 1916 – 11 January 2000) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 1948 Summer Olympics, as coxswain for the American team.[1]

References

  1. ^ Profile: Ralph Purchase sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 10 December 2008)
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Olympic champions – Men's eight
  • 1900:  Carr, DeBaecke, Exley, Geiger, Hedley, Juvenal, Lockwood, Marsh, Abell (USA)
  • 1904:  Cresser, Gleason, Schell, Flanagan, Armstrong, Lott, Dempsey, Exley, Abell (USA)
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