1947 Rosters
Columbia University
Coach- Hubert Glendon
Varsity
Stroke
Dirck Leys
6’ 3”
19 yrs
180 lbs
No. 7
John Mahar
6’ 1”
19 yrs
175 lbs
No. 6
George McVicar
6’ 3”
22 yrs
179 lbs
No. 5
David Kelton
6’ 4”
21 yrs
195 lbs
No. 4
David Kayser
6’ 2”
25 yrs
184 lbs
No. 3
Frank Snyder
6’ 2”
19 yrs
185 lbs
No. 2
Walter Beckman
6’ 3”
19 yrs
190 lbs
Bow
Reginald Thayer
5’ 11”
25 yrs
180 lbs
Cox
Frank Haas
5’ 3”
19 yrs
107 lbs
Subs:
William Swan
6’ 1”
21 yrs
190 lbs
Ralph Timm
6’ 1”
25 yrs
176 lbs
Coach-
JV
Stroke
John Bainton
6’ 4”
22 yrs
190 lbs
No. 7
Walter McVicar
6’ 3”
24 yrs
195 lbs
No. 6
Norman Trozzi
6’ 1”
23 yrs
190 lbs
No. 5
George Swikart
6’ 2”
19 yrs
175 lbs
No. 4
Thomas Reges
6’ 1”
21 yrs
180 lbs
No. 3
John Thomas
6’ 3”
19 yrs
200 lbs
No. 2
William Hayes
6’ 3”
22 yrs
160 lbs
Bow John
Haakenson
6’
22
yrs
176
lbs
Cox
John Murphy
5’ 7”
22 yrs
130 lbs
Subs
William Swan
6’ 1”
21 yrs
190 lbs
Ralph Timm
6’ 1”
25 yrs
176 lbs
Coach-
Freshman
Stroke
James Isbell
6’ 2”
18 yrs
171 lbs
No. 7
Siro Fusi
6’ 2”
19 yrs
175 lbs
No. 6
Carl Meyertons
6’ 4”
17 yrs
165 lbs
No. 5
Carl Nelson
6’ 1”
21 yrs
185 lbs
No. 4
Edward Schrader
6’ 3”
22 yrs
205 lbs
No. 3
Jerry Lasser
6’
18 yrs
178 lbs
No. 2
John Kaemmerlen
6’
19 yrs
156 lbs
Bow
Robert Runyon
6’
18 yrs
165 lbs
Cox
James Devaney
5’ 5”
18 yrs
107 lbs
Subs
Robert Kennedy
6’
18 yrs
170 lbs
Arthur Thomas
6’
18 yrs
150 lbs
Cornell University
Coach- Rollin Harrison “Stork” Sanford
Varsity
Stroke
Richard Randolph
5’ 10”
20 yrs
160 lbs


No. 7
Charles vonWrangell
6’ 2 ½”
20 yrs
183 lbs
No. 6
Curtis Morehouse
6’ 4”
24 yrs
195 lbs
No. 5
Wilbur Gundlach
6’ 4 ¼”
24 yrs
195 lbs
No. 4
Henry Parker
6’ 3”
24 yrs
189 lbs
No. 3
William Doe
6’ 5”
22 yrs
180 lbs
No. 2
John Phelps
6’
23 yrs
174 lbs
Bow Allen
Webster
6’
25
yrs
172
lbs
Cox
Lloyd Conable
5’ 8”
20 yrs
120 lbs
Subs:
Coach-
JV
Stroke
Frank Collyer
6’ 1”
23 yrs
176 lbs
No. 7
Jay Gervasi
6’ 2”
19 yrs
180 lbs
No. 6
Kenneth Canfield
6’ 5 ½”
22 yrs
190 lbs
No. 5
Clayton Ryder
6’ 3”
23 yrs
195 lbs
No. 4
Peter Allsopp
6’ 6”
24 yrs
190 lbs
No. 3
Paul Ingalls
6’ 2”
20 yrs
180 lbs
No. 2
Theodore Sprague
6’ 2”
22 yrs
179 lbs
Bow
L. LeRoy Hepburn
6’ 2”
19 yrs
174 lbs
Cox
James MacDonald
5’ 8”
21 yrs
125 lbs
Subs
Carman Hill
6’ 2”
20 yrs
190 lbs
C. Clarke Ambrose
6’ 4”
21 yrs
189 lbs
Coach-
Freshman
Stroke
Jonathan Ayers
6’ 1”
18 yrs
183 lbs
No. 7
James Beecher
6’ 3”
21 yrs
175 lbs
No. 6
Thomas Bissell
6’ 3”
19 yrs
195 lbs
No. 5
Robert Cowley
6’ 2 ½”
21 yrs
190 lbs
No. 4
Howard Smith
6’ 3”
18 yrs
174 lbs
No. 3
George Adams
6’ 4”
168 lbs
No. 2
Thomas Chace
6’ 1”
20 yrs
175 lbs
Bow
Henry Koch
6’ 4 ½”
20 yrs
168 lbs
Cox
George Camman
5’ 6”
21 yrs
120 lbs
Subs
James Arthur
6’
21 yrs
162 lbs
Albert Bishop
6’
18 yrs
168 lbs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Coach- James B. McMillin
Varsity
Stroke
Edward Bowman
5’ 10”
22 yrs
175 lbs
No. 7
Thomas Bell
6’ 2”
23 yrs
171 lbs
No. 6
Robert Weber
6’ 7”
20 yrs
195 lbs
No. 5
Herbert Frankel
6’ 1”
22 yrs
192 lbs
No. 4
John Banks
6’
23 yrs
182 lbs
No. 3
James Robertson
6’ 1”
22 yrs
182 lbs
No. 2
Peter Lenner
6’
22 yrs
180 lbs
Bow
William Reynolds
5’ 10”
22 rys
170 lbs
Cox
John Leonard
5’ 6”
22 yrs
128 lbs
Subs:
Edward Bowman
5’ 10”
22 yrs
175 lbs


Robert Ormiston
6’ 3 ½”
22 yrs
181 lbs
Coach-
JV
Stroke
John Saxe
6’ 3”
19 yrs
180 lbs
No. 7
Alvin Pendleton
6’ 2”
20 yrs
174 lbs
No. 6
And. Pfeiffenberger
6’ 4”
19 yrs
189 lbs
No. 5
Robert Cook
6’ 3”
23 yrs
187 lbs
No. 4
Francis Marran
6’ 4”
22 yrs
190 lbs
No. 3
Edward Mikol
6’ 1 ½”
25 yrs
183 lbs
No. 2
Walter Lowrie
6’
22 yrs
173 lbs
Bow
William Howlett
6’ 2”
20 yrs
166 lbs
Cox
Donald Jenkins
5’ 6”
20 yrs
124 lbs
Subs
Edward Bowman
5’ 10”
22 yrs
175 lbs
Robert Ormiston
6’ 3 ½”
22 yrs
181 lbs
Navy
Coach- Charles S. “Buck” Walsh
Varsity
Stroke
John Cartwright
6’ 4”
20 yrs
194 lbs
No. 7
George Dittmann
6’ 2”
21 yrs
184 lbs
No. 6
Donald Craig
6’ 2”
21 yrs
182 lbs
No. 5
Kenneth Knoizen
6’ 3”
21 yrs
208 lbs
No. 4
Oscar Olsen
6’ 4 ½”
21 yrs
205 lbs
No. 3
Charles Meyrick
6’ 1”
21 yrs
182 lbs
No. 2
J. Roy Wallace
6’ 2”
21 yrs
190 lbs
Bow
Jerome Larson
5’ 10”
21 yrs
175 lbs
Cox
John Gartland
5’ 5 ½”
20 yrs
124 lbs
Subs:
James Juncker
6’ 1”
20 yrs
185 lbs
Donald Trueblood
6’ 2”
20 yrs
170 lbs
Coach-
JV
Stroke
Donald Smith
5’ 11”
21 yrs
158 lbs
No. 7
Paul Corrigan
6’ 2”
21 yrs
180 lbs
No. 6
Max Morris
6’ 2 ½”
21 yrs
169 lbs
No. 5
Francis Fogarty
6’ 2”
21 yrs
191 lbs
No. 4
Paul Quinn
6’ 3”
21 yrs
192 lbs
No. 3
Donald Apple
6’ 2 ½”
20 yrs
185 lbs
No. 2
Perry Nelson
6’ 2”
23 yrs
180 lbs
Bow
Donald Foulds
6’
21 yrs
185 lbs
Cox
George Heasley
5’ 5 ½”
23 yrs
120 lbs
Subs
Elbert Wells
6’ 1”
21 yrs
175 lbs
Lloyd Hoover
6’
21 yrs
180 lbs
Coach-
Freshman
Stroke
Gilbert Gordon
6’ 1”
20 yrs
175 lbs
No. 7
Gordon Gray
6’ 2”
20 yrs
182 lbs
No. 6
Erik Gude
6’ 3”
20 yrs
175 lbs
No. 5
Philip Mason
6’ 2”
18 yrs
185 lbs
No. 4
Roy Hughes
6’ 2”
20 yrs
190 lbs
No. 3
Joseph Calhoun
5’ 11”
20 yrs
190 lbs


No. 2
Cral Hanson
6’ 2”
20 yrs
180 lbs
Bow
James Wilson
6’ 1”
19 yrs
175 lbs
Cox
Alfred Pride
6’
20 yrs
172 lbs
Subs
James Kittler
6’
20 yrs
172 lbs
Robert Babbe
6’
19 yrs
170 lbs
Princeton University
Coach- Delos C. “Dutch” Schoch
Varsity
Stroke
Robert O’Connor Jr.
6’
21 yrs
184 lbs
No. 7
John Ashmun
6’ 1”
24 yrs
184 lbs
No. 6
Peter Gardner
6’ 2”
23 yrs
172 lbs
No. 5
Laird Park Jr.
6’ 5”
25 yrs
188 lbs
No. 4
Howard Feist Jr.
6’
21 yrs
170 lbs
No. 3
Converse Hunter
6’ 5”
20 yrs
187 lbs
No. 2
Herbert Dillon Jr.
6’ 2”
22 yrs
182 lbs
Bow
Peter Brock
6’ 2”
19 yrs
180 lbs
Cox
Charles C. Allen
5’ 5”
23 yrs
128 lbs
Subs:
Coach-
JV
Stroke
Crocker Nevin
6’
24 yrs
164 lbs
No. 7
John Northrop
6’ 3”
24 yrs
182 lbs
No. 6
George Reif
6’ 1”
21 yrs
175 lbs
No. 5
Rodman Thompson
6’ 4”
22 yrs
198 lbs
No. 4
James Shenfield
6’ 3”
22 yrs
185 lbs
No. 3
Alvaro Velasco
6’
19 yrs
174 lbs
No. 2
George Dexter
6’ 3”
25 yrs
170 lbs
Bow
Thomas Plunkett
6’ 1”
21 yrs
173 lbs
Cox
Francis Rosenbaum
5’ 5”
20 yrs
129 lbs
Subs
Robert Cuniverti
6’ 4”
18 yrs
175 lbs
William Young
6’
18 yrs
173 lbs
Coach-
Freshman
Stroke
Godfrey MsDonald
6’ 1”
18 yrs
167 lbs
No. 7
John William
6’ 2”
18 yrs
195 lbs
No. 6
Richard Bryan
6’
18 yrs
176 lbs
No. 5
Stephan Halsey
6’ 5”
19 yrs
189 lbs
No. 4
William Bernart
6’ 1”
19 yrs
172 lbs
No. 3
Harry Prioleau
6’
17 yrs
172 lbs
No. 2
James Schaefer
6’ 1”
18 yrs
169 lbs
Bow
George Ohrstrom
6’ 1”
19 yrs
164 lbs
Cox
J. C. Maxwell
5’ 10”
18 yrs
115 lbs
Subs
Robert Fowler
6’
18 yrs
174 lbs
John Speed
6’ 3”
19 yrs
173 lbs
J. M. Ballard
6’ 2”
19 yrs
181 lbs
Wynne James
6’ 4”
18 yrs
183 lbs


Rutgers University
Coach- Charles P. “Chuck” Logg
Varsity
Stroke
Fred Loede
6’ 3”
19 yrs
182 lbs
No. 7
Robin Oxenford
6’ 3”
19 yrs
168 lbs
No. 6
Byron Unsworth
6’ 3”
24 yrs
190 lbs
No. 5
William Biehler
6’ 4”
24 yrs
190 lbs
No. 4
Jack Hoey
6’ 2”
25 yrs
190 lbs
No. 3
William Stevens
6’ 4”
19 yrs
186 lbs
No. 2
Bruce Nicholas
6’ 1”
21 yrs
179 lbs
Bow
Stanley Barton
6’ 1”
18 yrs
176 lbs
Cox
Robert Wirth
5’ 4”
24 yrs
124 lbs
Subs:
Coach-
JV
Stroke
Jack Hoffmire
6’ 1”
23 yrs
170 lbs
No. 7
Fred Fanders
6’ 2”
18 yrs
182 lbs
No. 6
Robert Howard
6’
19 yrs
175 lbs
No. 5
John Hale
6’ 4”
18 yrs
194 lbs
No. 4
John Frisch
6’ 1”
20 yrs
175 lbs
No. 3
John Schwannhausen
6’ 3”
22 yrs
178 lbs
No. 2
Arthur Danser
6’ 1”
17 yrs
172 lbs
Bow
Thomas Shotwell
6’ 1”
18 yrs
172 lbs
Cox
Anthony Antin
5’ 3”
23 yrs
112 lbs
Subs
Zale Dillon
5’ 10”
23 yrs
177 lbs
Richard Weeks
6’ 1”
18 yrs
172 lbs
Ward Whitehorne
6’
21 yrs
159 lbs
Syracuse University
Coach- Ned Ten Eyck
Varsity
Stroke
John Castle
6’ 1”
19 yrs
180 lbs
No. 7
Robert Heisler
6’ 1”
20 yrs
185 lbs
No. 6
Don Everett
6’
20 yrs
185 lbs
No. 5
Judson Rigby
6’ 2”
23 yrs
185 lbs
No. 4
Robert Young
6’ 4”
23 yrs
180 lbs
No. 3
J. C. LaMonte
6’ 3”
26 yrs
180 lbs
No. 2
William Blake
6’
24 yrs
180 lbs
Bow Edmund
Curran
6’
20
yrs
165
lbs
Cox
Alfred Cantegna
5’ 2”
24 yrs
123 lbs
Subs:
Kenneth Borst
6’
22 yrs
170 lbs
P. A. McCabe
5’ 11”
27 yrs
167 lbs
R. M. Elfin
6’ 2”
17 yrs
182 lbs
J. E. Palmer
5’ 4”
21 yrs
115 lbs
Coach-
JV
Stroke
William Morrison
6’ 2”
23 yrs
165 lbs
No. 7
Donald Reichert
6’ 2”
23 yrs
180 lbs


No. 6
Kenneth Bertram
6’ 2”
24 yrs
180 lbs
No. 5
Harold Nelson
6’ 2”
22 yrs
185 lbs
No. 4
James Butler
6’
25 yrs
185 lbs
No. 3
A. R. Perrin
5’ 11”
24 yrs
180 lbs
No. 2
Myron Smith
6’ 4”
21 yrs
176 lbs
Bow Douglas
Richard
6’
18
yrs
170
lbs
Cox
Robert Boldizar
5’ 5”
26 lbs
130 lbs
Subs
Kenneth Borst
6’
22 yrs
170 lbs
P. A. McCabe
5’ 11”
27 yrs
167 lbs
R. M. Elfin
6’ 2”
17 yrs
182 lbs
J. E. Palmer
5’ 4”
21 yrs
115 lbs
Coach-
Freshman
Stroke
H. H. Driesnack
6’ 3”
19 yrs
185 lbs
No. 7
E. H. Perry
6’
22 yrs
180 lbs
No. 6
H. W. Hinkley
6’
19 yrs
175 lbs
No. 5
J. K. Grzibowski
6’ 3”
21 yrs
190 lbs
No. 4
E. E. Kelley
6’ 1”
21 yrs
180 lbs
No. 3
F. R. McCormick
6’
20 yrs
180 lbs
No. 2
William Wilson
6’
19 yrs
180 lbs
Bow
V. A. Fernandez
6’
22 yrs
175 lbs
Cox
Albert Curson
5’ 3”
25 yrs
190 lbs
Subs
R. M. Elfin
6’ 2”
17 yrs
182 lbs
J. E. Palmer
6’ 2”
21 yrs
115 lbs
University of California
Coach- Carroll M. “Ky” Ebright
Varsity
Stroke
William Noack
6’ 2”
23 yrs
176 lbs
No. 7
David Turner
6’ 1”
25 yrs
181 lbs
No. 6
James Hardy
6’ 4”
24 yrs
174 lbs
No. 5
John Stack
6’ 2”
22 yrs
177 lbs
No. 4
Faber Peek
6’ 3”
23 yrs
180 lbs
No. 3
Ernest Gunther
6’ 2”
23 yrs
174 lbs
No. 2
Robert Spenger
6’ 1”
22 yrs
165 lbs
Bow
Ray Mortensen
5’ 11”
25 yrs
164 lbs
Cox
Ralph Purchase
5’ 7”
23 yrs
117 lbs
Subs:
Coach-
JV
Stroke
Ian Turner
6’ 1”
22 yrs
176 lbs
No. 7
David Brown
6’ 4”
19 yrs
181 lbs
No. 6
Darrell Welch
6’ 4”
19 yrs
191 lbs
No. 5
George Ahlgren
6’ 5”
18 yrs
194 lbs
No. 4
Lloyd Butler
6’ 2”
22 yrs
200 lbs
No. 3
James Maggetti
6’ 5”
22 yrs
185 lbs
No. 2
Hobart Ely
6’
26 yrs
167 lbs
Bow
David Turner
6’ 1”
23 yrs
172 lbs
Cox
Robert White
5’ 9”
18 yrs
134 lbs


Subs
William Scherer
6’ 3”
22 yrs
177 lbs
John Goerl
6’ 2”
23 yrs
184 lbs
University of Pennsylvania
Coach- Russell S. “Rusty” Callow
Varsity
Stroke
Burhl Sisler
6’
21 yrs
165 lbs
No. 7
Brenton Wallace
6’
25 yrs
180 lbs
No. 6
Toward McCreesh
6’
25 yrs
185 lbs
No. 5
Benjamin Franklin
6’ ½”
19 yrs
180 lbs
No. 4
Warren Neville
6’
21 yrs
172 lbs
No. 3
Charles Colgan
6’
19 yrs
170 lbs
No. 2
Nicholas Boon
6’ 1 ½”
25 yrs
172 lbs
Bow
Arthur Cox
5’ 11”
22 yrs
162 lbs
Cox
Frank Early
5’ 8”
24 yrs
120 lbs
Subs:
Ellsworth Jackson
6’
20 yrs
170 lbs
James Dillon
6’
23 yrs
172 lbs
Coach-
JV
Stroke
Wilbur Marran
6’ 2”
23 yrs
162 lbs
No. 7
Stephan Scullon
6’
23 yrs
180 lbs
No. 6
Aloysius Lawn
6’
20 yrs
172 lbs
No. 5
Lawrence Uslander
6’ 1”
19 yrs
180 lbs
No. 4
James Heaney
6’ 2”
21 yrs
162 lbs
No. 3
George Gowen
6’ 3”
24 yrs
180 lbs
No. 2
Lawrence Blackburn
5’ 11”
20 yrs
160 lbs
Bow
Albert Tyler
6’ 1”
19 yrs
170 lbs
Cox
Robert Tarmchill
5’ 6”
23 yrs
115 lbs
Subs
Ellsworth Jackson
6’
20 yrs
170 lbs
James Dillon
6’
23 yrs
172 lbs
Coach-
Freshman
Stroke
Leslie Deming
5’ 11”
18 yrs
163 lbs
No. 7
David McCarthy
6’
19 yrs
163 lbs
No. 6
Robert Mulhern
6’ 2 ½”
20 yrs
176 lbs
No. 5
John Bannon
6’ 1”
24 yrs
195 lbs
No. 4
John Clary
5’ 9”
18 yrs
180 lbs
No. 3
Horace Fletcher
6’ 1”
19 yrs
162 lbs
No. 2
Robert Tuma
5’ 11”
18 yrs
156 lbs
Bow
George Lucas
5’ 10”
19 yrs
138 lbs
Cox
Houston Smith
5’ 6”
21 yrs
110 lbs
Subs
Robert Beattie
6’
18 yrs
155 lbs
Robert Souders
6’ 2”
18 yrs
160 lbs
University of Washington


Coach- Al Ulbrickson
Varsity
Stroke
Grant Bishop
6’ 1”
22 yrs
180 lbs
No. 7
Jim Tupper
6’
19 yrs
178 lbs
No. 6
Donald Landon
6’ 4”
23 yrs
195 lbs
No. 5
John Anderson
6’ 4”
23 yrs
190 lbs
No. 4
Bill Works
6’ 4”
27 yrs
175 lbs
No. 3
Bernard Benthin
6’ 4”
24 yrs
180 lbs
No. 2
Stanley Pocock
6’ 2”
23 yrs
190 lbs
Bow
David Thompson
6’ 2”
23 yrs
185 lbs
Cox
Robert Lee
5’ 8”
22 yrs
120 lbs
Subs:
John Dresslar
6’ 4”
24 yrs
195 lbs
Gordon Giovanelli
6’ 5”
22 yrs
190 lbs
Coach-
JV
Stroke
Charles Brown
6’ 2”
20 yrs
180 lbs
No. 7
Donald Dehn
6’ 4”
22 yrs
180 lbs
No. 6
Bill Harrah
6’ 2”
23 yrs
188 lbs
No. 5
Bob Martin
6’ 4”
21 yrs
185 lbs
No. 4
Bob McGoldrick
6’ 2”
24 yrs
183 lbs
No. 3
Don Mack
6’ 4”
21 yrs
182 lbs
No. 2
Alfred Thompson
6’ 4”
25 yrs
185 lbs
Bow
Fred Mitchell
6’ 4”
25 yrs
175 lbs
Cox
Allen Taylor
5’ 8”
20 yrs
120 lbs
Subs
Coach-
Freshman
Stroke
Warren Westlund
6’ 3”
20 yrs
184 lbs
No. 7
Rod Johnson
6’ 2”
18 yrs
179 lbs
No. 6
Bob Harris
6’ 4”
20 yrs
188 lbs
No. 5
Norman Ruvick
6’ 3”
22 yrs
197 lbs
No. 4
David Dixon
6’ 3”
20 yrs
199 lbs
No. 3
Bob Young
6’ 5”
19 yrs
190 lbs
No. 2
Bill Wall
6’ 3”
18 yrs
184 lbs
Bow
Manford McNeil
6’ 1”
19 yrs
180 lbs
Cox
Allen Morgan
5’ 8”
21 yrs
115 lbs
Subs
Milton Soriano
6’ 1”
23 yrs
195 lbs
University of Wisconsin
Coach- Norman Sonju
Varsity
Stroke
Richard Tipple
6’ 2”
21 yrs
180 lbs
No. 7
Donald Peterson
6’ 6 ½”
21 yrs
195 lbs
No. 6
Richard Mueller
6’ 4”
25 yrs
185 lbs
No. 5
LeRoy Jensen
6’ 5”
23 yrs
195 lbs
No. 4
Carl Holtz
6’ 4”
26 yrs
190 lbs
No. 3
Fred Suchow
6’ 3”
23 yrs
190 lbs
No. 2
Gordon Grimstad
6’ 3”
21 yrs
190 lbs
Bow
Ralph Falconer
6’ 2”
20 yrs
120 lbs


Cox
Carlyle Fay
5’ 6”
20 yrs
130 lbs
Subs:
Coach-
JV
Stroke
Thomas Blacklock
6’ 2”
19 yrs
180 lbs
No. 7
Gerald Gredler
6’ 2”
22 yrs
180 lbs
No. 6
William Sachse
6’ 5”
20 yrs
190 lbs
No. 5
Otto Uher
6’ 5 ½”
25 yrs
190 lbs
No. 4
Paul Honzik
6’ 3”
26 yrs
190 lbs
No. 3
Jacob Valentine
6’ 2 ½”
29 yrs
180 lbs
No. 2
Frank Harris
6’ 1”
21 yrs
175 lbs
Bow
Charles Stearns
6’ 3”
21 yrs
165 lbs
Cox
Richard Kennedy
5’ 9”
22 rys
120 lbs
Subs
Robert Anderson
6’ 2”
20 yrs
180 lbs
John Helm
6’ 2”
22 yrs
180 lbs

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