Tommy Miller, Boxer, Burnley

iBase ID

327557

Reference identifier

EBU-U01-W121-5-1

Title

Tommy Miller, Boxer, Burnley

Place

Burnley

Personal names

Tommy Croesdale, Tommy Miller

General notes

Tommy Miller, Boxer stood in pugilistic pose, in shorts and wearing boxing gloves. Card is annotated with the following: 'Worked at Ormerod Whitaker's. Became a physical training instructor.'

An earlier library picture EBU W121/4 states: 'Tommy, who was born Tommy Crosedale in 1916, went on to fight more than 200 paid bouts. When he hung up his gloves after the Second World War he became a match maker, running a booth on one of Blackpool's piers. He was then offered a role to teach boxing at a private college in Halifax. Whilst there, Tommy continued to manage a number of high profile boxers, including Mickey Van and Pat Barrat. Tommy died in 2005 aged 87.'

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

c1936

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Subjects

Place Names > Burnley

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