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William Sully Unwin (born 1862) was an English clergyman and amateur rower. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta and the Wingfield Sculls in 1884 and 1885, and rowed for Oxford in the Boat Race in the 1885 and 1886 races. Unwin was born at Rotherham, Yorkshire, the son of William Unwin and his wife Elizabeth. His father was a tutor at Oxford living at Park Town in 1881.〔British Census 1881 RG11 1500/14 p21〕 He was of the non-collegiate St Catherine's Society, Oxford〔( ''St. Catherine's Society'', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford (1954), pp. 338-339. Date accessed: 16 May 2009 )〕 and rowed for Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1884 he won the OUBC Sculls, the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley and the Wingfield Sculls. He won the same three races in 1885, and was also bow in the winning Oxford boat in the Boat Race. In 1886 he was in the Boat Race again but lost the Wingfield Sculls to F I Pitman, whom he had beaten in the previous year.〔(Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839-1939 )〕〔(Wingfield Sculls Record of Races )〕 Unwin became a clergyman and in 1895 was in Kewick where he attempted to establish a rowing club.〔Cumberland WCT, Wednesday, May 29, 1895〕 Later he had a living in Norfolk. In 1933 he was active in establishing the Council for the Preservation of Rural England in Norfolk.〔(Norfolk Voice 75 Years of CPRE Norfolk )〕 Unwin married Mary Frances Sully at Bridgwater in 1905. ==See also== *List of Oxford University Boat Race crews 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Sully Unwin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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