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

References[edit]

^ 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[edit]

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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-'''Clyde Cecil Bissett''' (born 1908, date of death unknown) was a [[Southern Rhodesia|Rhodesia]]n [[Boxing|boxer]] who competed in the [[1928 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="GrassoMallon2015">{{cite book|author1=John Grasso|author2=Bill Mallon|author3=Jeroen Heijmans|title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCN1CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA654|date=14 May 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-4860-1|pages=654–}}</ref>
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-While representing Rhodesia at the Olympics, he defeated [[Carlos Orellana (boxer)|Carlos Orellana]] of [[Mexico]] before being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the [[Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's lightweight|lightweight class]] by [[Carlo Orlandi]] of [[Italy]].
+'''Clyde Cecil Bissett''' (born 3 April 1907, date of death unknown)<ref name="Olympedia">{{Olympedia|7878}}</ref> was a [[Southern Rhodesia|Rhodesia]]n [[Boxing|boxer]] who competed in the [[1928 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="GrassoMallon2015">{{cite book|author1=John Grasso|author2=Bill Mallon|author3=Jeroen Heijmans|title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCN1CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA654|date=14 May 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-4860-1|pages=654–}}</ref>
+While representing Rhodesia at the Olympics, he defeated [[Carlos Orellana (boxer)|Carlos Orellana]] of [[Mexico]] before being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the [[Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's lightweight|lightweight class]] by [[Carlo Orlandi]] of [[Italy]]. His life after the Games is unknown. A Cecil Bissett was assistant native commissioner at [[Mwami, Zimbabwe|Miami]] (modern Mwami) in 1949.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dEgUAAAAIAAJ&q=%22cecil+Bissett%22+rhodesia|title=Nada: The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs Department Annual|year=1950}}</ref>
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-*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/cecil-bissett-1.html|title=Cecil Bissett}}
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