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| Born | 29 October 1913 Oxford | |||||||||||||
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Basil Saunders Beazley (1913-1943) was a male rower who competed for England.
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Basil Saunders Beazley (1913-1943) was a male rower who competed for England.
Beazley represented England and won a gold medal in the eights at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [1] [2]
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