John Derbyshire (swimmer)
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Full name | John Henry Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Rob" | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1878-11-28)28 November 1878 Chorlton-cum-Hardy, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 November 1938(1938-11-25) (aged 59) St Pancras, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Osborne Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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John Henry "Rob" Derbyshire (29 November 1878 – 25 November 1938) was an English freestyle swimmer and water polo player from Chorlton, Lancashire,[1] who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics (maybe), 1906 Intercalated Games, 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] He and Alice Derbyshire founded swimming clubs in Hammersmith.
Life
At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Derbyshire won a bronze medal as a member of British 4×250 metre freestyle relay team and also competed in the 100 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle events. Two years later in London, he won a gold medal as a member of British 4×200 metre freestyle relay team and was second in his heat of 100 metre freestyle and did not advance. Four years later in Stockholm, he was third in his heat of 100 metre freestyle and did not advance. The International Olympic Committee credits him with a gold medal in water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics, but this is incorrect as sources contemporary to the Games indicate that he was in England too soon after the tournament to have been in Paris.[3] The Daily Telegraph, dated Saturday, August 11, 1900 reported that Derbyshire did not make the trip and was replaced by Thomas Coe, who like Derbyshire, was a member of the Osborne Swimming Club. [4]
In 1921 Derbyshire was a founding member of the Penguin Swimming Club, later to become the Hammersmith Penguin Swimming Club through their merger with the Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club (itself founded by his wife Alice five years before in 1916).
Legacy
In 1950, Alice Derbyshire gave a shield to the club she had co-founded in memory of her husband, It was later named the Rob Derbyshire Memorial Trophy and is awarded each year to the person who has done best for the club.[5]
In 1976, the club which he and Alice Derbyshire had created was renamed the West London Penguin Swimming and Water Polo Club.
In 2005, he was posthumously inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[6]
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: John Henry Derbyshire; Jan-Feb-Mar quarter 1879; District: Chorlton; Volume: 8c; Page: 806.
- ^ "Rob Derbyshire". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Water Polo at the 1900 Paris Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ The Daily Telegraph, Saturday, August 1, 1900.
- ^ "Rob Derbyshire Memorial Trophy – West London Penguin". londonpenguin.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ ""Rob" Derbyshire". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
External links
- Rob Derbyshire at databaseOlympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 March 2007)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rob Derbyshire". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013.
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- 1908: John Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor (GBR)
- 1912: Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, Harold Hardwick (ANZ)
- 1920: Perry McGillivray, Pua Kealoha, Norman Ross, Duke Kahanamoku (USA)
- 1924: Johnny Weissmuller, Wally O'Connor, Harry Glancy, Ralph Breyer (USA)
- 1928: Johnny Weissmuller, Austin Clapp, Walter Laufer, George Kojac (USA)
- 1932: Masanori Yusa, Yasuji Miyazaki, Takashi Yokoyama, Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN)
- 1936: Masanori Yusa, Shigeo Sugiura, Shigeo Arai, Masaharu Taguchi (JPN)
- 1948: Wally Ris, Jimmy McLane, Wally Wolf, Bill Smith (USA)
- 1952: Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno, Jimmy McLane (USA)
- 1956: Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, Jon Henricks (AUS)
- 1960: George Harrison, Dick Blick, Mike Troy, Jeff Farrell (USA)
- 1964: Don Schollander, Steve Clark, Roy Saari, Gary Ilman (USA)
- 1968: Don Schollander, Mark Spitz, John Nelson, Stephen Rerych (USA)
- 1972: Mark Spitz, John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter (USA)
- 1976: Mike Bruner, Bruce Furniss, John Naber, Jim Montgomery (USA)
- 1980: Sergey Koplyakov, Vladimir Salnikov, Ivar Stukolkin, Andrey Krylov (URS)
- 1984: Mike Heath, David Larson, Jeff Float, Bruce Hayes (USA)
- 1988: Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1992: Dmitry Lepikov, Vladimir Pyshnenko, Veniamin Tayanovich, Yevgeny Sadovyi, Aleksey Kudryavtsev, Yury Mukhin (EUN)
- 1996: Josh Davis, Joe Hudepohl, Brad Schumacher, Ryan Berube, Jon Olsen (USA)
- 2000: Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, Bill Kirby, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
- 2004: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller, Dan Ketchum, Scott Goldblatt (USA)
- 2008: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, Peter Vanderkaay, David Walters, Erik Vendt, Klete Keller (USA)
- 2012: Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens, Michael Phelps, Charlie Houchin, Matt McLean, Davis Tarwater (USA)
- 2016: Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Clark Smith, Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz (USA)
- 2020: Tom Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott, Calum Jarvis (GBR)
- 2024: James Guy, Tom Dean, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott, Jack McMillan, Kieran Bird (GBR)