U.S. Olympic Sculler Bill Belden Dies

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U.S. Olympic Sculler Bill Belden Dies

25 January 2025By Göran R Buckhorn U.S. sculler William “Bill” Thomas Belden, Jr., has passed away at age 76.Bill Belden, who was born in 1949 and grew up in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, was the oldest of eight siblings. Belden had a somewhat different way to get into rowing. In an obituary, it reads: A less than stellar student, Bill attended Bishop Kendrick [sic] High School, where on a spring day in 1965, he was given the option to sit in d…