William J. Dees Explained
William Dees |
Full Name: | William John Dees |
Nationality: | British (English) |
Sport: | boxing |
Birth Date: | 28 September 1874[1] |
Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
Death Place: | London, England |
William John Dees (28 September 1874 – 18 October 1940) was a boxer from England. He won the Amateur Boxing Association of England's middleweight championship in 1897,[2] and was the heavyweight champion in 1900.[3] He represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in London in 1908.[4] [5] In 1935, as president of the Amateur Boxing Association, he sailed from Southampton to New York with the Golden Gloves Boxing Association.[6] In October 1940, during the Blitz, Dees was killed by bombs in his home in Deptford, south London, aged 66.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Index entry. 29 December 2021. FreeBMD. ONS.
- Web site: 17th ABAE National Championship. The Amateur Boxing Association of England. 24 December 2010.
- Web site: 20th ABAE National Championship. Amateur Boxing Association of England. 24 December 2010.
- Web site: William J Dees. British Olympic Association. 24 December 2010.
- William Dees Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042121/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/william-dees-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 4 November 2018.
- Web site: Golden Gloves and British officials enjoy a luncheon at the Commodore... . 2022-03-05 . Getty Images . en-us.
- https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3127422/WILLIAM%20JOHN%20DEES/