Alistair Garth Dryden (born 18 December 1942) is a former New Zealand

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. Dryden was born in 1942 in

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, New Zealand. The wrestler Jim Dryden (1907–1974) was his father. He received his education at King's College. At the

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he won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew members

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, Darien Boswell, Colin Cordes,

Alan Grey Alan Grey is a former New Zealand rower. At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew members Leslie Arthur, Darien Boswell, Colin Cordes, Alistair Dryden, Christi ...

, Christian Larsen,

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, Robert Page and Alan Webster. After having received an invitation to the

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, he won the inaugural Prince Philip Challenge Cup regatta in 1963 in

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. That year, the Henley regatta was regarded as the event that came closest to a world championship. Darien Boswell, Peter Masfen and Dudley Storey made up the other rowers, and Bob Page was the

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. The same coxed four team then went to the

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, where they placed a disappointing eighth. At the

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he was part of the men's eight that came fourth in the final. Dryden was later the president of the Auckland Rowing Club. Dryden's son, Murdoch Dryden, would later represent New Zealand at

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* * 1942 births Rowers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rowing Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for New Zealand Living people New Zealand male rowers Rowers from Auckland People educated at King's College, Auckland Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub