William Duthie Kinnear was a Scottish rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won major single scull events prior to the First World War.
10 Facts About Wally Kinnear
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Wally Kinnear left home in 1902 for a career with the chain store Debenhams in London.
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Wally Kinnear first joined the Cavendish Rowing Club and in 1903 won the West End ARA sculling championship.
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Wally Kinnear then joined the Kensington Rowing Club and won many sculling championships on the River Thames over the next few years.
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Wally Kinnear won the gold medal in the single sculls, rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
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Wally Kinnear captured the Olympic title comfortably and later the same year secured his third successive Wingfield Sculls.
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Wally Kinnear lost the Wingfield Sculls in 1913 to Jock Wise.
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Wally Kinnear died of heart failure at Leicester General Hospital on 5 March 1974.
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Wally Kinnear was Godfather to writer Eric Newby, as mentioned in Newby's 1962 book "Something Wholesale".
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Wally Kinnear was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame on 12 March 2007.