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.svg.png "Gold medal – first place"){kind=icon} | 1948 St. Moritz | Four-man |
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 bobsleigh run, Tyler was known for lighting up a cigarette to smoke, even being in an advertisement for Camel cigarettes in 1949.
He died of a heart attack in 1956.
References
- 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- History of bobsleigh featuring Tyler
- TIME magazine April 23, 1956 article announcing Tyler's death