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Donald Bruce Hume (July 25, 1915 – September 16, 2001) was an American rower who won Olympic gold at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] Hume was raised in Olympia, Washington and the waterways of the Puget Sound.
Don Hume passed away in 2001, leaving behind a legacy as a central figure in "The Boys in the Boat" and as a member of the University of Washington's Husky Hall of Fame.
Don Hume (born May 8, 1938) is a former NASCAR driver from Belvidere, New Jersey. In his limited NASCAR career, Hume competed in fifteen Winston Cup events.
Sep 16, 2001 · MONROE -- Don Hume, a member of the 1936 University of Washington crew team that won a gold medal at the Berlin Olympics, died yesterday from the results of a stroke. He was 86.
Sep 20, 2001 · Don Hume, who won a gold medal in rowing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, died on Sunday. He was 86. Hume, a charter member of the University of Washington's Husky Hall of Fame, suffered...
Don Hume Leather Goods has long been regarded as one of the finest leathergoods manufacturers in the world, consistently supplying the law enforcement community with gun holsters, belts, handcuff cases and related leather equipment.
Dec 19, 2023 · From the Anacortes waterfront in the early 1930s, Don Hume launched a journey by oar. This Seahawk letterman (AHS ‘33) would row to collegiate fame on his way to Olympics gold.
Dec 25, 2023 · You've talked before about how Don Hume—the rower who fell ill during the Olympics in the movie—was susceptible to respiratory illnesses because he worked in a pulp mill as a kid.
Don Hume’s entrance into Anacortes sports news began in 1931 as a Similk golf tourney competitor. He was a multi-sport athlete for the Seahawks, though not at anywhere near the stardom that would follow in his crew career.
Don Hume wasn't a physically imposing athlete, but he had a gift for rowing that helped lead the University of Washington rowing team to Olympic victory in 1936. When Black neighborhoods across...
