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Birth name | Vernon Lawrence Walter Thomas | ||||||||||||||
Born | 27 August 1914 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 17 November 1957 | (aged 43)||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
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National finals | Welterweight champion (1935, 1936, 1938) Lightweight champion (1937) | ||||||||||||||
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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.
Born 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]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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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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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.
Born 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]