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Pat Palmer (boxer)

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Pat Palmer
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1914-12-28)28 December 1914[1]
Wandsworth, London
Died1988 (aged 74)
Lambeth, London
Medal record
Boxing
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1934 London flyweight

Patrick Alfred Palmer (1914-1988) was an English boxer who competed for England.

Boxing career

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Palmer won a gold medal in the flyweight division at the 1934 British Empire Games in London defeating Maxie Berger of Canada in the final on points.[2]

He won the 1934 Amateur Boxing Association British flyweight title, when boxing out of the Battersea & Shexgar ABC.[3][4]

Personal life

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He lived in Battersea.

References

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  1. ^ "Births & Baptisms". Free BMD.
  2. ^ "Pat Palmer profile". BoxRec.
  3. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Amateur Boxing". Western Morning News. 22 March 1934. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.