Charles Littlejohn
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox sportsperson Charles William Berry Littlejohn Template:Post-nominals (4 January 1889 – 4 August 1960) was a New Zealand-born rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
Born in Nelson, New Zealand, on 4 January 1889,[2] Littlejohn was the son of William Still Littlejohn and Jeannie Littlejohn (née Berry).[3] He was educated at Nelson College from 1898 to 1903,[4] and later went to New College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (from Ormond College, Melbourne University) where he was a Diploma student in anthropology.[5] He was a member of the winning Oxford crews in the Boat Race in 1911 and 1912. He was also a member of the New College eight which won the silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] He was subsequently decorated with the Military Cross while serving in World War I.
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- 1889 births
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- British male rowers
- New Zealand male rowers
- Olympic rowers for Great Britain
- Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- New Zealand Rhodes Scholars
- Oxford University Boat Club rowers
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- People educated at Nelson College
- New Zealand recipients of the Military Cross
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Nelson, New Zealand
- Australian Rhodes Scholars
- New Zealand people of Scottish descent
- New Zealand military personnel of World War I