Harold Thomas (boxer)
Harold Frederick Thomas (11 January 1909 – 29 March 1933)[1] was a New Zealand boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.[2] He was eliminated in the first round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to Italy's Luciano Fabbroni.[3] Thomas was born in Wellington. He died in Wellington aged 24, less than a year after his appearance at the Olympics. He jumped from a train a few hours after learning about the death of his fiancée.[4]
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