Francis Tyler
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FullnameFrancis William Tyler
NationalityAmerican
Born11 December 1904
Lake Placid, New York, USA
Lake Placid, New York, USA
Died11 April 1956 (aged 51)
Lake Placid, New York, USA
Lake Placid, New York, USA
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| Full name | Francis William Tyler | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1904 Lake Placid, New York, USA | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 April 1956 (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 American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948.
After the end of each bobsled run, Tyler was known for lighting up a cigarette to smoke, and was even depicted in an advertisement for Camel cigarettes in 1949.[1]
He died of a heart attack in 1956.
