Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, founder of the Olympic committee Henry Robert Pearce was an Australian sculler of the 1920s and ‘30s who was and still is viewed as an iconic sportsman.

In the 1928 Olympics, an Australian rower by the name of Bobby Pearce was far ahead of his competitors when a family of ducks crossed his path in the middle of the race. He stopped rowing and ...