William Child (boxer)

William Child
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born7 August 1884
Norwich, Norfolk
DiedFirst quarter 1961 (aged 76)[1]
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Sport
SportBoxing

William Child (7 August 1884 – 1961) was a British boxer.[2] He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[3]

Child won the Amateur Boxing Association 1908, 1909 and 1911 middleweight title, when boxing out of the Canbridge ABC.[4][5]

After retiring from boxing he became a University boxing and fencing coach at Cambridge.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ "William Child". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "William Childs Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Boxing Amateur Championships". Daily Telegraph & Courier (London). 6 April 1911. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Cambridge Boxing". Truth. 9 May 1947. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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