Richard Frederick Murphy (November 14, 1931 – August 8, 2023) was an American

competition rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing i ...

and Olympic champion.

Biography

Richard Frederick Murphy was born in New Jersey on November 14, 1931. Murphy won a gold medal in ''coxed eights'' at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, as a member of the American team. He died on August 8, 2023, at the age of 91.

References

1931 births 2023 deaths American male rowers Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from New Jersey {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub