Ned Ten Eyck | |||||||
Birth Date: | 7 August 1879 | ||||||
Birth Place: | Peekskill, New York | ||||||
Death Place: | Idaho Falls, Idaho | ||||||
Coach Years1: | 1907-1910 | ||||||
Coach Team1: | University of Wisconsin–Madison | ||||||
Coach Years2: | 1934-1936 | ||||||
Coach Team2: | Rutgers University (Freshman squad) | ||||||
Coach Years3: | 1938–1949 | ||||||
Coach Team3: | Syracuse University | ||||||
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Edward Hanlan "Ned" Ten Eyck (August 7, 1879 – September 8, 1956) was an American champion rower and crew coach. He is best known for becoming the first American to win the Diamond Sculls championship at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1897.[1]
Ten Eyck held the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen championship title in the single sculls in 1898, 1899, and 1901.[2] He followed his father, crew coach James A. Ten Eyck, as head coach at Syracuse University. Both were members of the Dutch American Ten Eyck family. He was also head coach at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Rutgers University.
Ten Eyck was a native of Peekskill, New York. He died on September 8, 1956, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, after an operator for cancer.[3]