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| Full name | Francis William Tyler | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1904-12-11)11 December 1904 Lake Placid,New York,USA | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 April 1956(1956-04-11) (aged 51) Lake Placid,New York,USA | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||
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Francis William Tyler (December 11, 1904 – April 11, 1956) was an Americanbobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. Competing in twoWinter Olympics, he won the gold medal in thefour-man event atSt. Moritz in1948.
After the end of each bobsled run, Tyler was known for lighting up acigarette tosmoke, and was even depicted in anadvertisement forCamel cigarettes in 1949.[1]
He died of aheart attack in 1956.
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