Sydney Middleton
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Sydney Albert 'Syd' Middleton DSO, OBE (24 February 1884 – 2 September 1945) was an Australian Army officer and national representative rugby union player and rower. He won a gold medal in rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics and competed in rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2]
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Birth name | Sydney Albert Middleton[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1884-02-24)24 February 1884[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glebe, New South Wales[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 2 September 1945(1945-09-02) (aged 61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Kensington, London[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He captained the Wallabies in a Test series in 1910. As a rower he was twice an Australian national champion and won the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1912. He had a distinguished career in World War I being awarded the DSO and later an OBE.He was a member of the AIF crew which won at the 1919 Peace Regatta and brought the King's Cup to Australia.