Cecil Bissett
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[]
- ^ 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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