Arthur William Crawford Morgan (24 August 1931 – 9 April 2024), better known as Tony Morgan, was a British businessman and

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who competed in the

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Life and career

Tony Morgan was born in

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on 24 August 1931. At the 1964 Olympics he sailed together with Keith Musto in the

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Lady C. They finished second in their class and were awarded silver. Morgan and Musto won the European Flying Dutchman Championship in 1964 and finished second in 1966. Following their Olympic success Morgan and Musto were jointly named Yachtsman of the Year by the Yachting Journalists' Association in 1964. Morgan was a member of the Council of the

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from 1968 to 1972 and a member of the British Olympic Yachting Appeal from 1970 to 1972. Following his yachting career Morgan served as director and chairman in several venture capital trusts and renewable energy companies, such as Purle Bros, Redland, Morgan Hemingway, Wimpey Waste Management, Wistech, Re-Energy, and Octopus Investment. He was a member of the

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from 1972 to 1977, as well a member of the

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and the National Committee for Electoral Reform during the 1970s. From 1984 to 1989 he served as chairman of the Hunger Project Trust. In 1992 he was appointed Chief Executive of The Industrial Society, a post he held until 2000. He has been Chairman of the charity Youth at Risk since 1992. Morgan died on 9 April 2024, at the age of 92.

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* 1931 births 2024 deaths British male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Great Britain Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in sailing Sportspeople from Rochford BBC governors Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics English Olympic competitors {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub