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<blockquote data-quote="NeilM" data-source="post: 346234" data-attributes="member: 6992"><p>Thats the man</p><p></p><p>First Aussie World Champ - legend</p><p></p><p>Edward "Ned" Trickett (12 September 1851 27 November 1916) was an Australian rower. He was the first Australian to be recognised as a world champion in any sport, after winning the World Sculling Championship in 1876, a title he held until 1880, when he was beaten by Canadian Ned Hanlan.</p><p></p><p>Trickett was born at Greenwich, on the Lane Cove River in Sydney. His father was a former convict and a bootmaker and his mother was Irish. The young Ned learned to scull on Sydney Harbour in New South Wales, Australia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NeilM, post: 346234, member: 6992"] Thats the man First Aussie World Champ - legend Edward "Ned" Trickett (12 September 1851 27 November 1916) was an Australian rower. He was the first Australian to be recognised as a world champion in any sport, after winning the World Sculling Championship in 1876, a title he held until 1880, when he was beaten by Canadian Ned Hanlan. Trickett was born at Greenwich, on the Lane Cove River in Sydney. His father was a former convict and a bootmaker and his mother was Irish. The young Ned learned to scull on Sydney Harbour in New South Wales, Australia. [/QUOTE]
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