Cecil Bissett

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Clyde Cecil Bissett (born 3 April 1907, date of death unknown)^[1] was a Rhodesian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[2] While representing Rhodesia at the Olympics, he defeated Carlos Orellana of Mexico before being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the lightweight class by Carlo Orlandi of Italy. His life after the Games is unknown. Cecil Bissett was an assistant native commissioner at Miami (modern Mwami) in 1949.^[3]

References

↑ Cecil Bissett at Olympedia
↑ John Grasso; Bill Mallon; Jeroen Heijmans (14 May 2015). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 654–. ISBN 978-1-4422-4860-1.
↑ "Nada: The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs Department Annual". 1950.

External links

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cecil Bissett". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

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[Olympedia-1] Cecil Bissett at Olympedia

[GrassoMallon2015-2] John Grasso; Bill Mallon; Jeroen Heijmans (14 May 2015). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 654–. ISBN 978-1-4422-4860-1.

[3] "Nada: The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs Department Annual". 1950.

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