Vernon Lawrence Walter Thomas (27 August 1914 – 17 November 1957) was a New Zealand wrestler who won a silver medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.
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| Birth name | Vernon Lawrence Walter Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 August 1914 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 November 1957 (aged 43) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Welterweight champion (1935, 1936, 1938) Lightweight champion (1937) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editBorn on 27 August 1914, Thomas was the son of Rubena Birss and her husband Walter Samuel Thomas.[1]
Thomas won four New Zealand national amateur wrestling titles: the welterweight title in 1935,[2] 1936,[3] and 1938;[4] and the lightweight championship in 1937.[5] At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, he won the silver medal in the men's lightweight division.[6]
Thomas died on 17 November 1957,[7] and his ashes were buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Birth search: registration number 1914/6947". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Wrestling". The Press. 30 October 1935. p. 18. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "N.Z. amateur wrestling titles". Northern Advocate. 29 September 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Amateur wrestling: the Dominion championships". Evening Star. 20 September 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Wrestling titles". Evening Star. 29 September 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Vernon Thomas". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Cemeteries search: cremation". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Cemeteries search: ashes burial". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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