• James William George Roycroft, OBE (17 March 1915 – 29 May 2011) was an Australian Olympic equestrian champion. He grew up on a dairy farm and learnt to...
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  • Thomas Roycroft, AM (born 25 May 1944) is an Australian equestrian competitor, administrator, and coach. Roycroft is the eldest son of Bill Roycroft, an...
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  • Roycroft is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Annie Roycroft (1926–2019), Ireland’s first female newspaper editor Bill Roycroft (1915–2011)...
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  • (Rita and Silvia de Luna), while Australia had a father and son (Bill and Wayne Roycroft). The cross-country course designer, Barbara Kemp, was the first...
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  • player then teamed up with Lavis and Bill Roycroft to win Gold in the Team Event, best remembered for Roycroft's heroics in riding despite suffering concussion...
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  • Clarke James Roycroft (born 15 March 1950) is an Australian equestrian. He is the third and youngest son of Bill Roycroft, an Olympic equestrian gold medallist...
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    after accepting, as it appears, the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon regarding events that should be considered "Olympic". after 2024 Summer...
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  • individual medals in the sport during his reign. Roycroft was born in 1946 as the second of three sons to Bill Roycroft, an Olympic equestrian gold medallist, and...
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  • American ornithologist, writer and conservationist (d. 1987) 1915 – Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider (d. 2011) 1916 – Ray Ellington, English...
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  • carried around the arena by eight former Australian Olympic champions: Bill Roycroft, Murray Rose, Liane Tooth, Gillian Rolton, Marjorie Jackson, Lorraine...
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    Graces Little Badminton 1959 Shelagh Kesler (GBR) Double Diamond 1960 Bill Roycroft (AUS) Our Solo 1960 Martin Whiteley (GBR) Peggoty Little Badminton 1961...
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    carried around the arena by eight former Australian Olympic champions: Bill Roycroft, Murray Rose, Liane Tooth, Gillian Rolton, Marjorie Jackson, Lorraine...
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  • classical pianist. Tom Roeser, 82, American political commentator. Bill Roycroft, 96, Australian equestrian, five-time Olympian, gold medallist (1960)...
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    Geelong footballer Geoffrey Wickham AO - cardiac pacemaker pioneer Bill Roycroft - Olympian Sarah Wall - ANZ Championship Netball bench warmer, Melbourne...
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    in the top three spots of the competition following endurance day. Bill Roycroft, the fourth Australian team member, had fallen on cement drain pipes...
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    class  Bronze Ian Brown, Ian Ruff Sailing Men's 470 class  Bronze Mervyn Bennet, Denis Pigott, Bill Roycroft, Wayne Roycroft Equestrian Team eventing...
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  • Carl Emil Schorske, American cultural historian (d. 2015) March 17 – Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian (d. 2011) March 19 – Patricia Morison, American...
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    cable games after WBBZ-TV held the rights for 2012 and 2013. 1960–1962, Roycroft Inn, East Aurora, New York 1963–1967, Camelot Hotel, Blasdell, New York...
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  • Plumb and Plain Sailing  Australia (AUS) Wayne Roycroft and Zhivago Brien Cobcroft and Depeche Bill Roycroft and Warrathoola Individual jumping details  William...
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  • Rolton (1956–2017) Shane Rose (born 1973) Bill Roycroft (1915–2011) Vicki Roycroft (born 1953) Wayne Roycroft (born 1946) Heath Ryan (born 1958) Matthew...
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  • 1995 1985 Shane Gould Swimming 1996 1986 Vic Patrick Boxing 1996 1985 Bill Roycroft Equestrian 1996 1985 Herb Elliott Athletics 1997 1985 Margaret Court...
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  • Terry Jenner, 66, cricketer 29 May – Jon Blake, 52, actor 29 May – Bill Roycroft, 96, equestrian 1 June – Frank Ponta, 75, paralympian 17 June – David...
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    Aug 1994 28 Dec 1994 Debbie Flintoff-King 7018 14 Sep 1994 7 Feb 1995 Bill Roycroft 7019 7 Oct 1994 1 Mar 1995 Danni Roche Scrapped 7020 4 Nov 1994 5 May...
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    to the town state that Yea is the birthplace of olympic equestrian Bill Roycroft, he was actually born in Melbourne and grew up in Flowerdale. The Yea...
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    and 2 in Winter Olympics Non-medal event Personal communication from Dr. Bill Mallon, past-President and co-founder, International Society of Olympic Historians...
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  • Boogaard 15: Samuel Wanjiru 17: Harmon Killebrew 27: Margo Dydek 29: Bill Roycroft Australian Football League Formula One Sprint Cup Nationwide Series...
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    laid on for them. The Australian eventers – including Badminton winner Bill Roycroft – have “training practice” here too. A young Miss Jennie Bullen wins...
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  • jumping course. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Equestrianism at the 1976 Montreal Equestrian Games: Mixed Three-Day...
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  • Team eventing details  Australia (AUS) Lawrence Morgan Neale Lavis Bill Roycroft  Switzerland (SUI) Anton Bühler Hans Schwarzenbach Rudolf Günthardt...
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  • the Olympics, surpassing a fellow equestrian and multiple medalist Bill Roycroft. Olympics portal Sports portal "Hoy and Hanna Make History as Equestrian...
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