Misplaced Pages

Bill James

Personal information
Full name	John William James
Born	(1926-10-13)13 October 1926
Died	22 October 2001(2001-10-22) (aged 75)
Spouse	Esme Florence Rasmusen ​ ​(m. 1947)​
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Aramoho Boating Club
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  New Zealand British Empire Games 1950 Auckland Coxed four

John William James (13 October 1926 – 22 October 2001) was a New Zealand rower who won a gold medal representing his country in the men's coxed four, alongside Ted Johnson, John O'Brien, Bill Carroll, and Colin Johnstone (coxswain), at the 1950 British Empire Games.

James died on 22 October 2001, and his ashes were buried at Pyes Pa Cemetery, Tauranga, with those of his wife, Esme Florence James (née Rasmusen), who died in 2018.

References

1. "Death search: registration number 2001/23809". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
2. Bill James at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
3. "Cemeteries detail". Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
4. "Cemeteries detail". Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

This biographical article relating to New Zealand rowing is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1926 births
• 2001 deaths
• New Zealand male rowers
• Rowers at the 1950 British Empire Games
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
• Burials at Pyes Pa Cemetery
• Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
• 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
• New Zealand rowing biography stubs