Peter Dickson (27 August 1945 – 27 June 2008) was an Australian representative rower. He was a four time national champion who won a silver medal at the

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Club and state rowing

Dickson was born in Sydney and attended the

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where he rowed in the Shore first VIII in 1962 and 1963. He played rugby at school, was selected in the

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first XV selection side in 1963 as a second rower. He later played first grade rugby for the Gordon Rugby Club in Sydney. His senior rowing was done at the Leichhardt Rowing Club. In the five seasons from 1964 to 1968 he was selected in New South Wales state eights which contested the

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at the Australian Interstate Regatta. Those New South Wales crew were national champions in 1965, 1967 and 1968. At the 1966

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in a composite SRC/SUBC crew Dickson,

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, Chris Stevens, Alf Duval and cox Brian Thomas won the Australian coxed four title.

International representative rowing

Dickson was chosen to represent Australia in a Trans-Tasman regatta against New Zealand in 1965 rowing in the six seat of the men's eight. That crew placed second in both of its match races. In 1966 Dickson was selected to stroke the Australian men's coxed four which competed at the second ever

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in Bled, Yugoslavia and placed eighth. In 1968 he was seated at five in the Australian men's eight which won the silver medal at the Mexico Olympics.

Personal and professional

Peter Dickson's father Richard Dickson was the chairman of Brambles Industries from 1962 to 1977. Peter worked in sales and marketing in the medical technology division of

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in Sydney. He later took to farming on a family property in Oberon. He died aged 62, from posterior cortical atrophy a degenerative brain disorder.

References

External links

Peter Dickson's profile at Sports Reference.comNotice of Peter Dickson's deathLeichhardt Centennial History (Kavanagh) at Guerin-Foster
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickson, Peter 1945 births 2008 deaths Australian male rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Australian people Rowers from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales People educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School Australian rugby union players Gordon RFC players