 Ian Browne , also known as " Joey " Browne ( born 22 June 1931 ) is a former Australian track cyclist who along with Tony Marchant won the 2000 m tandem event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne . Unusually tall and strongly built for a cyclist , Browne had little formal training and won his first Australian title in 1953 in the 2000 m tandem event. nobody had ever won an Australian title in this event before.
Browne was born in Sydney on 22 June 1931. He was the son of a bricklayer and worked in a foundry. He was also a talented cr