Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall (1907 - 2004)

Born 16 May 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Central, Sri Lanka

Ancestors

Died 27 Jul 2004 at age 97 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Bob Tisdall has Irish ancestors.

Bob represented Ireland in 400 metres Hurdles and Decathalon in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932.

Robert ("Bob") Morton Newburgh Tisdall (16 May 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon now Sri Lanka – 27 July 2004 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) was an Irish athlete who won a gold medal in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Robert married to Josephine R. Gutridge 1931 in Marylebone.^[1]

Robert passed away (age 97) in 2004 in Queensland, Australia.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005"
   General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 1a; Page: 1396
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8753 #54409422 (accessed 6 July 2023)
   Robert M N Tisdall marriage to Josephine R Gutridge registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1931 in Marylebone.
2. ↑ Obituary: "Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016"
   Original data: The Obituary Daily Times. The Obituary Daily Times. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obituary; URL: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~obituary/using_db.html
   Ancestry Record 70050 #22346453 (accessed 6 July 2023)
   Name: Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall; Age: 97; Birth Date: Abt 1907; Death Date: abt 2004; Death Place: Qld Aus; Publication Date: 3 Aug 2004; Publication Place: USA; Tombstone: 0.

• http://www.tipperaryathletics.com/forms/Tipperary Athlete - Bob Tisdall.pdf
• Wikidata: Item Q708625, en:Wikipedia
• “Bob Tisdall.” Olympedia. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71597.