Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2007.24.033

Description

A young Pat McMurtry of Tacoma is shown in a boxing pose. McMurtry won the Portland Golden Gloves, Tacoma Golden Gloves and the Yakima Diamond Belt middleweight championships as a teenager. McMurtry went 33-4-1, including 25 knockouts, during his career that saw him ranked as high as fifth by Ring Magazine. He won Tacoma’s first Golden Gloves in 1949 and defeated Canadian heavyweight George Chuvalo in Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1958. McMurtry’s career ended in 1959 after he was knocked out for 17 minutes during a fight against Eddie Machen in the first round in Portland. McMurtry became a referee, working the ring for the next 29 years. McMurtry is a member of the Tacoma Pierce-County Sports Hall of Fame.

Made/Created

Date made

1949 - 1950

Lexicon

Search Terms

Boxing, Professional/Semi-Pro

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McMurtry, Pat

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Golden Gloves

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Tacoma

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Portland

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Yakima Diamond Belt middleweight championship

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Chuvalo, George

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New York City

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Machen, Eddie

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Tacoma Pierce-County Sports Hall of Fame