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Hiram Boardman Conibear (September 5, 1871 – September 9, 1917) was an
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and
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coach. He served as head football coach the
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from 1903 to 1904, compiling a record of 5–7. Conibear was head rowing coach at the
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from 1907 to 1917, coaching both the men's and women's rowing teams. He developed the distinctive style that became known as the Conibear stroke that "had an effect on the sport that lasted for 30 years".


Biography

Conibear was born on September 5, 1871, in Mineral, Illinois to Edward H. Conibear and Amelia Boardman of England. He later graduated from the
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. Conibear began his coaching career in cycling. In 1906, working as athletics trainer at the
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, he accepted the post of rowing crew coach even though he had no rowing experience and knew nothing about the sport. Experiments convinced him that the traditional Oxford style of rowing, involving a long stroke, was both unsound and uncomfortable, and he developed the new, shorter style with which his name became associated. Under his coaching the university crew became, in 1913, the first Western crew to compete by invitation in the
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regatta in
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, and Washington crew members went on to achieve success at subsequent regattas and at national and Olympic level using the technique developed by Conibear. Conibear died from a fall from a
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at his home in
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, on September 9, 1917, at age 46.


Legacy

* Conibear Rowing Club *
Conibear Shellhouse The Conibear Shellhouse is a rowing training and support facility in Seattle, Washington, on the campus of the University of Washington. It is used by the men's and women's rowing teams of the Washington Huskies. The building was completed in 1 ...


Head coaching record


Football


See also

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History of rowing The history of rowing as a sport has prevailed it as one of the oldest traditions in the world. What began as a method of transport and warfare eventually became a sport with a wide following, and a part of the cultural identity of the English ...


References

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