Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2007.24.056

Description

1953 banquet at the headquarters of the Tacoma Athletic Club. Standing from left to right are Ples Irwin, Clarence McMurtry, Maude McMurtry, Mike McMurtry, Chi Chi Britt. Sanding from left to right are unknown, unknown, unknown, Mike McMurtry, Frank “Chi Chi” Britt, Homer Amundsen, Joanne Grambo, Pat McMurtry. Seated on left to right are unknown, Bill Mattewson, Ruth ?, Paavo Ketonen, unknown, unknown, Howard Welch,, unknown, unknown. Seated, right to left: Dill Howell, Ed Honeywell, unknown, Emmett Angle (boxing inspector), Davey Ward, Whitey Domstad, Jim Rondeau, unknown, Morley Brotman, unknown. Howell was one of the original founders of the Tacoma Athletic Commission, which was started in 1943 to promote sports and civic betterment. Honeywell was a longtime sportswriter for the Tacoma News Tribune. Brothers, Pat and Mike McMurtry, are among the best boxers to come out of Tacoma. Pat was ranked ninth in the world as a professional heavyweight boxer and Mike won the NCAA championship while in college.

Made/Created

Date made

1953 - 1954

Place

Location

Tacoma Athletic Commission

Lexicon

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Boxing, Professional/Semi-Pro, Amateur

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Irwin, Ples

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McMurtry, Clarence

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McMurtry, Maude

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McMurtry, Mike

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Britt, Frank "Chi Chi"

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Amundsen, Homer

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Grambo, Joanne

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McMurtry, Pat

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Mathewson, Bill

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Ketonen, Paavo

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Welch, Howard

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Honeywell, Ed

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Angle, Emmett

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Domstad, Whitey

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Rondeau, Jim

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Howell, Dill

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Ward, Davey

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Brotman, Morley