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Cecil Bissett

Cecil Bissett

Rhodesian boxer

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. A Cecil Bissett was assistant native commissioner at Miami (modern Mwami) in 1949.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Cecil Bissett at Olympedia
  2. [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. [3]
    "Nada: The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs Department Annual". 1950.


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