New Zealand wrestler
Vernon Thomas
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Birth name | Vernon Lawrence Walter Thomas |
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Born | (1914-08-27)27 August 1914 |
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Died | 17 November 1957(1957-11-17) (aged 43) |
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Country | New Zealand |
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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.
Biography
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]
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