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Harcourt Godfrey

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Harcourt Godfrey
Personal information
Birth nameHarcourt Richard Godfrey
Born(1905-02-26)26 February 1905
Died19 August 1980(1980-08-19) (aged 75)
OccupationPolice officer[1]
Spouse
Daphne Thelma Wilton
(m. 1927)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportWrestling
Achievements and titles
National finalsHeavyweight champion (1933)
Middleweight champion (1937, 1938)

Harcourt Richard Godfrey (26 February 1905 – 19 August 1980) was a New Zealand wrestler who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.

Biography

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Born on 26 February 1905, Godfrey was the son of Richard Harcourt Godfrey and Clara Godfrey (née Muldrock).[2] On 5 July 1927, he married Daphne Thelma Wilton at St Paul's Methodist church, Palmerston North.[3]

Godfrey won the New Zealand amateur heavyweight wrestling title in 1933.[4] In 1937 and 1938, he won the national amateur middleweight title.[5][6]

At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Godfrey competed in the freestyle wrestling middleweight (82 kg) division, finishing in fourth place.[7][8]

Godfrey died on 19 August 1980, and he was buried at Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cemetery view". Whanganui District Council. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Birth index: registration number 1905/4673". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ "July wedding". Manawatu Times. 12 July 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Wrestling". The Press. 19 October 1933. p. 13. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. ^ "N.Z. championships". Auckland Star. 21 September 1937. p. 15. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Wrestling titles". New Zealand Herald. 21 September 1938. p. 13. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Harcourt Godfrey". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Empire Games: New Zealand team". The Advocate. 7 January 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 22 December 2017.