Patrick O'Sullivan Hehir was an Australian

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champion. He participated in the 1912

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at the

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. Hehir won the American Derby event in 1912. He also won the

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in 1913 with Peter Drobach. In 1910, Frank L. Kramer beat Hehir in the one-mile open professional event.

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