Albert Hope

Personal information

Birth name

Albert Alexander Hope

Born

1914

Died

1966

Sport

Rowing

Club

Medal record

Albert Alexander Hope (1914–1966) was a New Zealand rower.

Hope was born in 1914, the son of Ada Louisa Hope and Frederick Hope.^[1]

At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four.^[2] He was a member of the Petone Rowing Club, and his team members in the 1938 boat were Jim Clayton (stroke), Kenneth Boswell, John Rigby, and George Burns (cox).^[3]

References

↑ Birth certificate 1914/9308; Department of Internal Affairs
↑ "Albert Hope". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
↑ "Petone Oarsmen". The Evening Post. CXXV (15). 19 January 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
Athletics	Theo Allen Arnold Anderson Pat Boot Betty Forbes Alan Geddes Stan Lay Jim Leckie Doreen Lumley Cecil Matthews Mary Mitchell Jack Morgan Bill Pullar Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Frank Sharpley Doris Strachan Rona Tong Harold Tyrie
Boxing	Joseph Collins Darcy Heeney Kenneth Moran Jack Parker Hugh Sheridan Arthur Sutherland Ronald Withell
Cycling	John Brown George Giles Frank Grose Gordon Patrick Roy Taylor Ronald Triner Ron Ulmer
Diving	Gwen Rix
Lawn bowls	Bill Bremner Walter Denison Ernie Jury Frank Livingstone Lance Macey Alec Robertson Bill Whittaker
Rowing	Howard Benge Kenneth Boswell George Burns John Charters Jim Clayton Oswald Denison James Gould Albert Hope Gus Jackson Leslie Pithie John Rigby Bob Smith Cyril Stiles William Stodart Fred Thompson
Swimming	Noel Crump Jack Davies Winnie Dunn Peter Hanan Mona Leydon Joyce Macdonald Len Newell
Wrestling	Torsten Anderson Jim Dryden Joe Genet Harcourt Godfrey Leo Nolan Jeremiah Podjursky Vernon Thomas
Chef de Mission: Horace McCormick

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