Scrapbook of Colonel (Hubert) Bruce Logan
Bruce Logan (1886 - 1965) was born in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England and was a renowned sportman, primarily for rowing but also for boxing and rugby.
H. Bruce Logan. Bruce was one of the outstanding oarsmen of his time and was also an amateur heavyweight boxing champion. He rowed for us in the Grand in 1908, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1919 and 1920, winning the Fawley Cup in 1919. He was a member of the famous Stewards Fours of 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1914, winning in 1909 and 1911 with J. Beresford and K. Vernon. He rowed in the Silver Goblets in 1911, 1912 and 1920. In the semi-final in 1911 he and Rought dead-heated with Beresford and Cloutte in the record time of 8 min. 8 secs., a record that was to stand for very many years. They tossed to see who should row in the final, Beresford and Cloutte won, and won the event by a length and a half. Bruce won the Goblets in 1912. In 1912 also he rowed with Beresford, Vernon and Rought, in a coxed four with W. Carr as cox in the Olympic Games at Stockholm, winning a silver medal. Bruce also won the Thames Cup in 1906.
