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New Zealand wrestler

BirthnameHarcourt Richard Godfrey

Born(1905-02-26)26 February 1905

Died19 August 1980(1980-08-19) (aged 75)

OccupationPolice officer^[1]

Harcourt Godfrey
Personal information
Birth name	Harcourt Richard Godfrey
Born	(1905-02-26)26 February 1905
Died	19 August 1980(1980-08-19) (aged 75)
Occupation	Police officer^[1]
Spouse	Daphne Thelma Wilton (m. 1927)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Wrestling
Achievements and titles
National finals	Heavyweight 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.

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

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

v t e 1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
Athletics	Theo Allen Arnold Anderson Pat Boot Betty Forbes Alan Geddes Stan Lay Jim Leckie Doreen Lumley Cecil Matthews Mary Mitchell Jack Morgan Bill Pullar Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Frank Sharpley Doris Strachan Rona Tong Harold Tyrie
Boxing	Joseph Collins Darcy Heeney Kenneth Moran Jack Parker Hugh Sheridan Artie Sutherland Ron Withell
Cycling	John Brown George Giles Frank Grose Gordon Patrick Roy Taylor Ronald Triner Ron Ulmer
Diving	Gwen Rix
Lawn bowls	Bill Bremner Walter Denison Ernie Jury Frank Livingstone Lance Macey Alec Robertson Bill Whittaker
Rowing	Howard Benge Ken Boswell George Burns John Charters Jim Clayton Oswald Denison James Gould Albert Hope Gus Jackson Les Pithie John Rigby Bob Smith Cyril Stiles William Stodart Rangi Thompson
Swimming	Noel Crump Jack Davies Winnie Dunn Peter Hanan Mona Leydon Joyce Macdonald Len Newell
Wrestling	Torsten Anderson Jim Dryden Joe Genet Harcourt Godfrey Leo Nolan Jerry Podjursky Vernon Thomas
Chef de Mission: Horace McCormick

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