John Graham Chambers
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 12 February 1843 |
| Died | 4 March 1883 (aged 40) Earls Court, London, England |
John Graham Chambers (12 February 1843 – 4 March 1883) was a Welsh sportsman. He rowed for Cambridge, founded inter-varsity sports, became English Champion walker, coached four winning Boat-Race crews, devised the Queensberry Rules, staged the Cup Final and the Thames Regatta, instituted championships for billiards, boxing, cycling, wrestling and athletics, rowed beside Matthew Webb as he swam the English Channel[1] and edited a national newspaper.
Chambers was born in Llanelly House in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales.[1] He was the son of William Chambers, a Welsh landowner of the Chambers family. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as B.A., won the Colquhoun Sculls and became President of the University Boat Club.[2]
