Career
He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. His rowing career started at the Balmain Rowing Club in Sydney but he switched allegiances to the Sydney Rowing Club at the end of the 1940s and commenced a long association with the Sydney club He served as vice-captain of Sydney Rowing Club for eight consecutive seasons from 1951.
He was the club president in two tenures from 1975 to 1978 and then from 1979 till 1995.
He was awarded a (OAM) for his services to the sport of rowing.