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Stuck His Oar In Where Needed And Pulled Hard

Tuesday January 4, 2005
ROBERT AITKEN, MBE LAWYER, SPORTSMAN, 21-7-1922 - 5-12-2004 BOB Aitken, who coached the Australian eight to a bronze medal in rowing at Ballarat during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and later became chairman of Rowing Australia, has died at The Alfred hospital following a brief illness. He was 82.