George Murray Paterson (6 November 1940 – 26 July 2020) was a New Zealand

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. At the

1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North ...

he won the gold medal as part of the coxed four event alongside fellow Waitaki Boys' High School crew members Keith Heselwood, Hugh Smedley and Winston Stephens, plus

Waikato The Waikato () is a region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipā District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the nort ...

cox Doug Pulman. Their coach was

Rusty Robertson Russell Robertson (1927 – 17 February 1990), known as Rusty Robertson, was a New Zealand-born, world class rowing coach of New Zealand and later, Australian national representative rowing crews. He was the national rowing coach of New Zealand ...

. Paterson competed at the 1964 Olympics in the men's eight event. His brother-in-law Gary Robertson is also a retired Olympic rower. Paterson died in

Christchurch Christchurch (; ) is the largest city in the South Island and the List of cities in New Zealand, second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over hal ...

on 26 July 2020.

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* * * * 1940 births 2020 deaths New Zealand male rowers Olympic rowers for New Zealand Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists in rowing People educated at Waitaki Boys' High School Sportspeople from Milton, New Zealand Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub