Thomas Charlton (rower)

Thomas Jackson Charlton Jr. (born July 12, 1934) is an American competition rower and Olympic champion.

Born in Savannah, Georgia,[1] he won a gold medal in eights with the American team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

[2] The eight rowers were Yale undergraduates.

He commissioned through Yale Naval ROTC into the U.S. Marine Corps.

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