Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2007.24.221

Description

Tacoma's Mike McMurtry receives the Walter A. Woodard Memorial Trophy as the best boxer in the Seventh IIBT tournament in 1956. Mike and his older brother Pat were introduced to boxing when they were five and seven years old. Their father, Clarence, who was a former amateur boxer, gave his sons boxing gloves for Christmas when they were kids. McMurtry had a successful 12-year amateur boxing career, finishing with a 207-7 record and winning a NCAA title in 1954 while attending Idaho State College.

Made/Created

Date made

1956 - 1957

Lexicon

Search Terms

Boxing, Professional/Semi-Pro, College, High School

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Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Mike

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Pat

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Clarence