Francis Tyler

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Olympic medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Gold 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.

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Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh
1924: Switzerland - Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi  • 1928 (five-man): United States - Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Gray, & Richard Parke  • 1932: United States - Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Gray, & Jay O'Brien  • 1936: Switzerland - Pierre Musy, Arnold Gartmann, Charles Bouvier, & Joseph Beerli  • 1948: United States - Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, & William D'Amico  • 1952: West Germany - Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, & Franz Kemser  • 1956: Switzerland - Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst  • 1960: Not held  • 1964: Canada - Vic Emery, Peter Kirby, Doug Anakin, & John Emery  • 1968: Italy - Eugenio Monti, Luciano de Paolis, Roberto Zandonella, & Mario Armano  • 1972: Switzerland - Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger, & Werner Carmichel  • 1976: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Bernhard Lehmann  • 1980: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt  • 1984: East Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe, Roland Wetzig, Dietmar Schauerhammer, & Andreas Kirchner  • 1988: Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, & Werner Stocker  • 1992: Austria - Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler, Gerhard Haidacher, & Thomas Schroll  • 1994: Germany - Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch, Olaf Hampel, & Alexander Szelig  • 1998: Germany - Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Marco Jakobs, & Olaf Hampel  • 2002: Germany - André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach  • 2006: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Martin Putze, & Kevin Kuske
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