Edward Hanlan Ten Eyck

Edward "Ned" Hanlan Ten Eyck (died 1958) was an American champion rower and crew coach. He is best known for becoming the first American to win the Diamond Sculls championship at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1897.[1]

Photo of Ten Eyck from the 1899 book How to Get Strong and How to Stay So

He held the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen championship title in the single sculls in 1898, 1899, and 1901.[2]

He followed his father, crew coach James A. Ten Eyck, as head coach at Syracuse University. Both were members of the Dutch American Ten Eyck family. He was also head coach at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Rutgers.

References

  1. rowinghistory.net Archived June 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. National association of amateur oarsmen (1908). Minutes. p. 124.


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