Harry Groves
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1918 Wandsworth, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 December 1997 (aged 79) London, England | ||||||||||||||
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Harry George Thomas Groves (2 March 1918 – 24 December 1997) was a male boxer who competed for England.
Boxing career
Groves represented England and won a gold medal in the 60 kg division at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2]
He won the 1939 Amateur Boxing Association British lightweight title, when boxing out of the Devas ABC.[3][4]
Personal life
He was a brewers drayman by trade and lived in Condell Road, Battersea during 1938.
References
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1938 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Amateur Boxing Titles". Nottingham Evening Post. 30 March 1939. Retrieved 10 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.