About Robert Dickinson
Lived 1901 – 1981 (aged 79). Robert Dickinson was a British athletics competitor.
Robert Joicey Dickinson (20 May 1901 – 5 March 1981) was a British athlete, who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Career Dickinson attended Harrow School and in 1920, won the London Athletic Club Schools' Meeting. While studying at Oriel College, Oxford he won the Oxford versus Cambridge varsity match in 1923 and 1924.
At the 1924 Olympic Games, Dickinson competed in the men's high jump.
After University he became a solicitor. He was appointed a Governor of Harrow School in 1948.
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British athletics competitor
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Robert Dickinson was born on 20 May 1901.
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Robert Dickinson died on 5 March 1981.
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Robert Dickinson was an athletics competitor.
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