John Webster Dudderidge OBE (August 24, 1906 – January 23, 2004) was a

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who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. For many years he was head of PE at Haberdashers' Aske's boys school in north London, where he also headed the Special Service Unit for those who elected not to join the school cadet corps. He still canoed into his 90s, though he had to switch to the

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style. He was born in

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and died in

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. One of his children is sound engineer,

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. In 1936 he and his partner Alex Brearley finished ninth in the folding K-2 10000 m event.

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1906 births 2004 deaths English male canoeists Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics British male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Sheffield {{UK-canoe-bio-stub