Carroll Morgan

Carroll Morgan (born October 3, 1947 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia) is a former heavyweight boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Sweden's eventual bronze medalist Hasse Thomsén.

Morgan is now training people in the city where he lives. In the 1972 Olympics he was ranked fourth at the end of the tournament.

In 1990, Morgan was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame and was inducted twice into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, in 1994 alongside his teammates from the 1966 X-Men football club of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and in 2008 as an amateur boxer. Morgan, who started boxing at age 20 while at St. F. X. University, was a member of the 1972 Canadian Olympic and 1974 Commonwealth teams, and held heavyweight titles seven-times as provincial champion and three-times as Canadian champion. During his boxing career, Morgan never lost a fight to another Canadian.

References

* [http://72.232.38.190/EN/athletes/query/details2.php?id=36876 Canadian Olympic Committee]