Jack Cropp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jack Cropp

sailor

Date of Birth: 23-May-1927

Place of Birth: Hokitika, New Zealand

Date of Death: 25-Jun-2016

Profession: sailor

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

John "Jack" Urquhart Cropp (23 May 1927 – 25 June 2016) was a New Zealand yachtsman.
Together with Peter Mander, Cropp won the Sharpie class at the 1956 Olympics. Cropp and Mander were the first sailors from New Zealand to compete at Olympics.
They finished second, and were promoted to the first place after Australian team was disqualified for obstruction.
They were inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.Cropp was born on a small farm at Kowhitirangi, near Hokitika.
When he was a toddler, his family moved to Macormick Bay, Christchurch.
There he started sailing, together with Mander who lived nearby.
Cropp initially worked as a lithographer in the printing industry, but after becoming a prominent sailor turned into a professional boatbuilder and designer.
In 1973 Cropp, his wife Judith and their three children moved to Takaka, where he died aged 89.