1. Guy Nickalls was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the British eight that won gold, won 22 events at Henley Royal Regatta and won the Wingfield Sculls three times.
15 Facts About Guy Nickalls
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Nickalls was born at Sutton, then in Surrey, the son of Tom Nickalls who was a stockjobber on the stock exchange and one of the founding members of the London Rowing Club.
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Guy Nickalls was one of twelve children, of whom his brother Vivian was a successful oarsman.
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Guy Nickalls was educated at Eton College, where he was known as "Luni" due to his reckless behaviour.
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Guy Nickalls played football with success, and when not engaged in athletically breaking his bones or risking his neck, he would row.
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Guy Nickalls's ability was noticed, and he secured the four seats in the Eton Eight, carrying off the Ladies' Challenge Plate at Henley Royal Regatta in 1885.
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Guy Nickalls went head of the river in 1888 with Magdalen and rowed for Oxford in the Boat Race for five years from 1887 to 1891 losing three races and winning two.
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Guy Nickalls lost the Diamond Challenge Sculls in 1887 to Gardner.
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Vivian Nickalls became a member of London Rowing Club, and Guy joined them to win the Stewards in 1895, and the brothers won Silver Goblets again that year.
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Guy Nickalls was a member of the winning crews in the Stewards in 1905,1906 and 1907.
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From 1913 to 1916, Guy Nickalls coached Yale, enticed to New Haven by Averell Harriman, and a sufficient salary to help see his two sons through Eton.
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Guy Nickalls was partly to blame, by spouting opinions better left unsaid or, if said, certainly not within earshot of the attentive rowing press.
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Guy Nickalls tried to join the army in 1914 on the outbreak of war but was turned down on account of age.
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When Zurich Rowing Club won the Stewards on 6 July 1935, Guy Nickalls told Gully, "Thank God I have been spared to see what I believe to be the finest four of all time".
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Guy Nickalls was the sister of Sir Harcourt Gold, who was chairman of Henley Royal Regatta from 1945 to 1952 and Chairman of the ARA from 1948 to 1952.