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Cecil Bissett

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Clyde Cecil Bissett (born 1908, date of death unknown) was a Rhodesian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ https://books.google.ie/books?id=dEgUAAAAIAAJ&q=%22cecil+Bissett%22+rhodesia&dq=%22cecil+Bissett%22+rhodesia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivitDa__TmAhVnQEEAHc9bCvAQ6AEIRDAD