Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1998.06.18

Description

Pat McMurtry, who was nicknamed “Irish,” was one of the top ranked heavyweights in professional boxing in the 1950s, and he participated in the first Golden Gloves boxing event hosted by the Tacoma Athletic Club in 1949. Clarence McMurtry, father of brothers Pat and Mike McMurtry, who both became boxers, is the fan at ringside that can be seen between the legs of the boxer wearing black trunks. Frank Gillihan is the fan at ringside located between the legs of the boxer in white trunks. Both Pat and Mike have been inducted into the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame.

Made/Created

Date made

1949

Lexicon

Search Terms

Boxing, Professional/Semi-Pro

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Gillihan, Frank

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Clarence

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Mike

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Pat