Cedric Haswell LIDDELL

A member of Hamilton, Ontario’s Leander Boat Club, Cedric Liddell qualified to represent Canada at two editions of the Olympic Games during his rowing career. In 1932 he won a bronze medal in the coxed eights with Don Boal, Earl Eastwood, Harry Fry, Joe Harris, Les MacDonald, Stanley Stanyar, Al Taylor, and Bill Thoburn, finishing only 0.4 seconds ahead of the British crew in the final. In 1936 he was eliminated in the opening round of the eights alongside Fry, Harris, MacDonald, Jack Cunningham, Charles Matteson, Grey McLeish, Sandy Saunders, and Ben Sharpe. He was also a member of the Leander crews that won Canada’s Henley Royal Regatta every year from 1932 through 1936. After the Games he switched to the pairs and continued to compete into the 1940s, including a stint with Saunders as his partner. After World War II he took up coaching and was affiliated with the Brockville Rowing Club in Ontario.