Jerry Jerome (boxer)

Jerry Jerome (24 May 1874 – 27 September 1943) was the 1912 Australian middleweight boxing champion. Born just outside Dalby, Queensland he was the first Indigenous Australian to win a major boxing title. He died in Cherbourg, Queensland.^[1] In his professional career he had 24 losses and 40 wins, with 34 by knock-out.^[2]

External links

• ADB biography

References

1. ^ Sports Factor, ABC.com, Interview with Professor Colin Tatz, and others. 19 May 2006.
2. ^ "100 Not out", A century of sport from the State Library of Queensland.

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Name	Jerome, Jerry
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Date of birth	24 May 1874
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Date of death	27 September 1943
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