Dave McCleave
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Boxing | ||
Representing  England
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| British Empire Games | ||
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1934 London | Welterweight |
David "Dave" Edward McCleave (24 December 1911 – 19 May 1988) was an English boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Battersea.
In 1932 he finished fourth in the welterweight class. He was not able to compete in the bronze medal bout against Bruno Ahlberg. At the 1934 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the welterweight class after winning the final against Dick Barton.[1]
In the 1950s he was the landlord of the Union Tavern Pub Camberwell New Road.[2] It was a boxing pub where David Benjamin Gray was compere and manager with his wife Irene Alice Gray.
References
- ^ "Boxers at the 1934 British Empire Games: Robey Leibbrandt, Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, Maxie Berger, Dave McCleave, Dick Barton, Albert Barnes (Inglés) Tapa blanda – 1 septiembre 2010". Amazon.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Former British champion Dave McCleave's Boxing Pub 1957 (Video)". British Boxing BBTV. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dave McCleave". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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