Vernon Stratton, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British yacht racer
Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1927
Date of Death: 20-Aug-2011
Profession: sailor
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Vernon Stratton
- Vernon Gordon Lennox Stratton (26 October 1927 – 20 August 2011) was a British Olympic sailor.Stratton was educated at Eton College before doing National Service in the Army.
- He competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome – the sailing took place at Naples, competing in the Finn class; later in 1960 he won the Finn Gold Cup. Stratton was an early pioneer of Finn sailing in the Britain and was involved in starting the British Finn Association.
- Between 1961 and 1964 he was the Secretary to the International Finn Association; he later became its President in 1964.He was also three times British Olympic sailing team manager – Acapulco (1968), Kiel (1972) and Tallinn (1980).
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