This is a list of sports and mind sports people associated with Balliol College, Oxford.
Balliol Olympians ImageNameJoindateSportRepresentingOlympicsRefsCaryn Davies2013 rowingwomen's eightUSA2004, 2008, 2012Justin Frishberg1991wheelchair rugbyUK 2004, 2008Balliol College Register (Seventh Edition) by Tom Bewley and John Jones. 2005.Matthew Syed1991 table tennis UK1992, 2000King Harald V 1960 sailing5.5m yacht Norway1964, 1968, 1972Jonathan Hutton1960 pole vaultUK 1964 Graham Bond1961Rhodes Scholar gymnastics Australia 1956, 1960, 1964 Richard Wheadon1932 rowingmen's eight UK1956Eng-Liang Tan1961Rhodes Scholar water polo Singapore1956 Norwood Hallowell1932 1500m Olympic Record USA1932Balliol College Register (Fifth Edition) by John Jones and Sally Viney 1983 Wilfred Kalaugher1927Rhodes Scholartriple jump, 110m hurdlesfirst class cricketer New Zealand1928King Olav V 1924 sailing 6m mixedNorway1928 David Johnson1923Rhodes Scholar 400mCanada1924Bill Stevenson1922Rhodes Scholar 400mUSA 1924 Alan Valentine1922 rugby USA1924Wilfrid Johnson1904 lacrosse UK1908 Frederick S. Kelly1899Australia rowingmen's eight UK1908 Balliol College Register (Third Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1953 William Grenfell (Lord Desborough)1874 fencingUK 1906 President of the London 1908 Games
Field sports ImageNameJoindateSportRepresentingRoleRefsRichard Sharp 1959 rugby union EnglandcaptainMansoor Ali Khan Pataudiknown as "Tiger" 1959 cricketIndia captain Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi1927 cricketIndiacaptainFather of Tiger PataudiAlan Rotherham 1881 rugby unionEngland captain
Mind sports ImageNameJoindateSportRepresentingNotesRefsRaaphi Persitz1953 chess Israelfinancial journalist and chess writerLeonard Barden 1949 chess Englandchess organiser and columnistSir Theodore Tylor1918 chess Englandblind jurisprudence donH. J. R. Murray 1886 chess school inspectorWrote the definitive "A History of Chess"Son of Sir James Murray, the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
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