Richard Gunn (boxer)
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Born | Charing Cross, London, England | 16 February 1871||||||||||||||
Died | 23 June 1961 Lambeth, London, England | (aged 90)||||||||||||||
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Richard Kenneth Gunn (16 February 1871 – 23 June 1961) was a British boxer, and is the oldest man to win an Olympic boxing crown ever. He achieved this feat at the age of 37 years and 254 days.
He was born in Charing Cross, London and died in Lambeth, London.
Gunn took up boxing at the Surrey Commercial Docks Boxing Club in 1893 after joining his father's East End tailoring business. He was British amateur champion from 1894 to 1896. He was so much better than his rivals at the time that authorities asked him to retire after he won his third Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) title. Gunn did so, but in 1908, having served on the ABA council for more than ten years, he returned to win the Olympic title before hanging up his gloves for good. Gunn died in London aged 90, having only lost one fight in fifteen years.[1]
References
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 170. ISBN 0140066322.
External links
- Richard Gunn at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Richard Gunn at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1871 births
- 1961 deaths
- Boxers from Greater London
- English male boxers
- Featherweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of Great Britain
- Boxers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- English Olympic medallists
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- England Boxing champions
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- English boxing biography stubs