Photo of Ten Eyck from the 1899 book How to Get Strong and How to Stay So

Edward Hanlan "Ned" Ten Eyck (August 7, 1879 – September 8, 1956) was an American champion rower and crew coach. He is best known for becoming the first American to win the Diamond Sculls championship at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1897.[1]

Ten Eyck held the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen championship title in the single sculls in 1898, 1899, and 1901.[2] He followed his father, crew coach James A. Ten Eyck, as head coach at Syracuse University. Both were members of the Dutch American Ten Eyck family. He was also head coach at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Rutgers University.

Ten Eyck was a native of Peekskill, New York. He died on September 8, 1956, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, after an operator for cancer.[3]

References

  1. ↑ rowinghistory.net Archived June 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ National association of amateur oarsmen (1908). Minutes. p. 124.
  3. ↑ "Ned Ten Eyck Dies; Noted Crew Coach". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, New York. September 10, 1956. p. 10. Retrieved March 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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