Tony Purssell photographed eighty years ago as the 20-year-old Oxford stroke in the 1946 Boat Race and pictured again in 2026 as a 100-year-old visitor to this year’s Henley Royal Regatta. He is the oldest living Olympic oarsman and the oldest living member of Leander. Colour picture: HRR. 13 August 2026By Tim Koch Tim Koch on a man who is rowing a long course. Every year, Henley Royal Regatta has no shortage of old oarsmen (and increasingly, ol…
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