Nion Tocker

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Nion Robert Tucker, Sr. (August 21, 1885 – April 22, 1950) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s. He won a gold medal in the five-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. He was born in Sacramento, California and died in San Francisco, California.

References

  • [http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mengel&id=I038029 Birth & death information from Ancestry.com]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20030930084555/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-5.html Bobsleigh five-man Olympic medalists for 1928]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070214065906/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TUCKENIO01 Nion Tocker at databaseOlympics.com]

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Category:1885 births

Category:1950 deaths

Category:Sportspeople from Sacramento, California

Category:American male bobsledders

Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in bobsleigh

Category:Bobsledders at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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