George Newberry
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Full name | George Albert Newberry | ||||||||||||||
Born | Burton on Trent, United Kingdom | 6 March 1917||||||||||||||
Died | 29 December 1978 | (aged 61)||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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George Albert Newberry (6 March 1917 – 29 December 1978) was a track cyclist from Great Britain.
Newberry was born in the Burton on Trent area of Staffordshire. He represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won the bronze medal in the 4.000m team pursuit, alongside Donald Burgess, Alan Newton, and Ronald Stretton.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Newberry". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
External links
[edit]- George Newberry at Olympics.com
- George Albert Newberry at Cycling Archives
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