John J Hoyle Sr

John Joseph Hoyle 1865-1932 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225392273/john-joseph-hoyle
"John J. Hoyle, Former Coach of Crews, Dead," Ithaca Journal, August 17, 1932, 3.
"One of the last direct links with the halcyon Courtney days of Cornell rowing was broken today with the death of John J. Hoyle, former Cornell crew coach and intimate of 'The Old Man.'
Mr. Hoyle. famed chiefly as a craftsman of racing shells, died his morning at his home. 324 North Plain Street, after a long illness of heart disease. He was 67 years go age.
He had been employed for 30 years as a boat-builder by the CornelI Athletic Association, building all save one of the shells used by Cornell crews during that period, as well as filling orders for other institutions....
Coach Courtney induced Mr. Hoyle to come to Ithaca as official "boat-builder for the Cornell Athletic Association in 1899. Prior to he had been a cabinet-maker and piano-builder. He had meanwhile become interested in rowing as a diversion on the Schuylkill River and took to boat-building. At the time of his transfer to Cornell he was conducting a boat-building business of his own In Philadelphia."