Malcolm (76) is well known as a Bowls New Zealand selector and national pairs champion, and as a premier rugby player and administrator.
But it has often been forgotten that he had another string to his sporting bow - as a rower.
In 1956, he was selected for the Melbourne Olympic Games in the New Zealand eight by the rowing selectors but the crew was rejected by the Games selection panel.
Malcolm was a member of the Otago representative eight that beat the favourite, West End, to win the Olympic trial.
"We were a length in front of them at the finish," Malcolm recalled."Three members of the Otago crew were selected for the Olympics."
It was a big disappointment for Malcolm when the crew was mothballed by the Olympic selectors.
"We trained like hell through the winter at 5am in the morning and at 5pm at night," Malcolm said, "I would row to town and then run home to Port Chalmers."
The Port United club bought a lightweight demonstration single sculls for $7900 at the world rowing championships at Lake Karapiro in November with money raised from the club's annual art auction.
The boat was christened the Bruce A Malcolm" this week,.
"I was very privileged, proud and delighted to have a boat named after me," Malcolm said.
Malcolm was a member of the Queens Drive Rowing Club from 1950-59 and won three national titles - the youth fours in 1952, maiden fours in 1954 and was first in the plate race on the Wairoa River at Napier in 1955.
He was a member of the Otago provincial eight from 1954 to 1957 and won another New Zealand title in the provincial eights in 1957.
Queens Drive amalgamated with Port Chalmers to form the Port United Club in 1959 and Malcolm coached at the club for 10 years until 1970.
His crews won the maiden eights in 1967. A year later his maiden fours crew won the national title and his five pairs crews made the final. Two of them reached the podium.
He also coached Otago provincial crews with Fred Strachan.
Malcolm also gained his umpire's licence and was chief umpire when the New Zealand championships were held at Lake Waihola in 1973.
