Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.14.11

Description

In this 1958 black-and-white photo, four generations of the McMurtry family sit. From left to right, there's Ed McMurtry, Clarence “Mac” McMurtry, Pat McMurtry and his baby boy Patrick McMurtry. Clarence was a bread salesman who loved boxing. He helped launch his son's successfully professional boxing career by giving Pat boxing gloves for Christmas when he was 6. Pat fought in the first Golden Gloves tournaments in Tacoma in 1949 and went on to have a successful professional boxing career, fighting many top-ranked boxers. He had an impressive 33-4 record as a pro fighter and 103-2 as an amateur.

Made/Created

Date made

1958 - 1959

Lexicon

Search Terms

Boxing, Professional/Semi-Pro

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Ed

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Mac

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Pat

Person or Organization

McMurtry, Patrick