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    Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall (16 May 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon – 27 July 2004 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) was an Irish athlete who won a gold...
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  • Victoria Cross Bob Tisdall (1907–2004), Irish Olympic athlete Charles Edward Tisdall (1866–1936), Canadian mayor of Vancouver E.E.P. Tisdall (born 1907)...
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    refurbished courthouse became the site of bronze sculptures of Matt McGrath, Bob Tisdall and Johnny Hayes, three Olympic gold medalists with Nenagh links. After...
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    the limit from 4 athletes per NOC to 3 athletes. The event was won by Bob Tisdall of Ireland, the nation's first medal in the event in its 400 metres hurdles...
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    Olympic champions with links to Nenagh, Matt McGrath, Johnny Hayes and Bob Tisdall, were unveiled in front of the Nenagh Courthouse. Dorando Pietri Specific...
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    on old rules before the hurdles were weighted. In the 1932 Olympics, Bob Tisdall famously won the Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles in World...
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    seconds, John Gibson (USA), 1927 First under 52 seconds: 51.7 seconds, Bob Tisdall (IRL), 1932 First under 51 seconds: 50.6 seconds, Glenn Hardin (USA)...
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    became the first Irishman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics since Bob Tisdall and Pat O'Callaghan in 1932. The Irish people learned of its new champion...
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    hurdles in 52.0 but was given credit for a world record when the winner, Bob Tisdall from Ireland, knocked down a hurdle, an error that in those days disqualified...
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    won the hammer throw in 1928 and again in 1932 at the Olympic Games. Bob Tisdall also won gold for Ireland in 1932, competing in the 400m hurdles. In...
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