(1936-11-27)27 November 1936 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died
14 July 2002(2002-07-14) (aged 65) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Medal record
Men's cycling
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne
Sprint
British Empire (and Commonwealth) Games
1954 Vancouver
Men's Time Trial
1958 Cardiff
Men's Sprint
Richard Francis Ploog (27 November 1936 – 14 July 2002) was an Australian cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event.[1]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dick Ploog". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
Ploog is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Detlev Ploog (1920–2005), German clinical psychiatrist DickPloog (1936–2002), Australian...
Walter Brown and Dennis Green – canoeing, men's K2 10,000 m Kayak Pairs DickPloog — Cycling, men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch) Murray Riley and Mervyn Wood...
Event Gold Silver Bronze Time Trial Men DickPloog (AUS) 00:01:12 Keith Harrison (ENG) 00:01:13 Alfred Swift (SAF) Sprint Men Cyril Peacock (ENG) +not...
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professional sprinters, including Ron Grenda, Barry Waddell, Sid Patterson and DickPloog. Grenda was the upset winner in the 1,000m sprint, after Barry Waddell...
Mockridge (AUS) 1:13.4 Sid Patterson (AUS) 1:13.5 Tommy Godwin (ENG) 1:13.6 1954 DickPloog (AUS) 00:01:12 Keith Harrison (ENG) 00:01:13 Alfred Swift (SAF) 1958...
Ernie Bainbridge, Richard 'Fatty' Lamb, and the 1956 Olympian Richard 'Dick' Ploog.[citation needed] Cyclists have the same rights and responsibilities...
Manager – Allan Blue, Swimming Chaperon – Frances May ; Wrestling Manager – Dick Garrard Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics Australia at the 1960 Summer...
1956 Melbourne details Michel Rousseau France Guglielmo Pesenti Italy DickPloog Australia 1960 Rome details Sante Gaiardoni Italy Leo Sterckx Belgium...
[who] rode a motorcycle. Ploog seems to think the flaming skull was his idea. But, to tell you the truth, it was my idea. Ploog recalled, in a 2008 interview:...
with a line-up of artists that included Kyle Baker, Dean Motter, Mike Ploog, P. Craig Russell, Bill Sienkiewicz, Joe Staton, Rick Geary and Gahan Wilson...
series in October 1975 while "Weirdworld" was created by Moench and Mike Ploog in Marvel Super Action #1 (January 1976). Continuing his work for the black-and...
Marvel title, and co-created (with writers Roy & Jean Thomas and artist Mike Ploog) the lycanthropic lead character of the feature "Werewolf by Night", in...
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