Albert Hope | |
Birth Name: | Albert Alexander Hope |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1914 |
Birth Place: | New Lynn, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Hastings, New Zealand |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Sport: | Rowing |
Club: | Petone Rowing Club |
Albert Alexander Hope (2 February 1914 – 3 September 1966) was a New Zealand rower.
Hope was born in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn on 2 February 1914, the son of Ada Louisa Hope (née Gibson) and Frederick Hope.[1] [2]
At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four.[3] He was a member of the Petone Rowing Club, and his team members in the 1938 boat were Jim Clayton (stroke), Ken Boswell, John Rigby, and George Burns (cox).[4]
Hope died on 3 September 1966, and was buried at Hastings Cemetery.[5]