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Dave McCleave

Dave McCleave

English boxer

David Edward McCleave (24 December 1911 – 19 May 1988) was an English boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Battersea.

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Boxing career

In 1932 he finished fourth in the welterweight class. He was not able to compete in the bronze medal bout against Bruno Ahlberg. At the 1934 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the welterweight class after winning the final against Dick Barton.[2]

He won the 1932 and 1934 Amateur Boxing Association British welterweight titles and the 1931 lightweight title, when boxing out of the Lynn ABC.[3][4]

Personal life

In the 1950s he was the landlord of the Union Tavern Pub Camberwell New Road.[5] It was a boxing pub where David Benjamin Gray was compere and manager with his wife Irene Alice Gray.

References

  1. [1]
    "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    Boxers at the 1934 British Empire Games: Robey Leibbrandt, Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, Maxie Berger, Dave McCleave, Dick Barton, Albert Barnes (Inglés) Tapa blanda – 1 septiembre 2010. ASIN 115861022X.
  3. [3]
    "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Boxing New Champions". The Scotsman. 17 March 1932. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. [5]
    "Former British champion Dave McCleave's Boxing Pub 1957 (Video)". British Boxing BBTV. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.



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