Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2006.01.015

Description

For 45 years, the Tacoma Boxing Club has been a popular activity, attracting many young students to box. Tom Mustin has been a longtime coach at the legendary boxing club. For over 40 years, Mustin has been the boxing club's head coach. Mustin, a Stadium High School graduate, became the Tacoma Boxing Club's head coach in 1978 and hundreds of young boxers have qualified for national championships. In 2000, Mustin was the head coach for the US Olympic boxing team. On his 70th birthday in 2016, Mustin was in the gym with the Tacoma Boxing Club, working out young kids and teaching them how to box. Mustin, a 1964 Stadium High School graduate, was inducted into the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.

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Boxing, Recreational

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Person or Organization

Tacoma Boxing Club

Person or Organization

Mustin, Tom