Personal information | |
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Full name | William John Dees |
Nationality | British (English) |
Born | [1] Liverpool, England | 28 September 1874
Died | 18 October 1940 London, England | (aged 66)
Sport | |
Sport | boxing |
William John Dees (28 September 1874 – 18 October 1940)[2] was a boxer from England. He won the Amateur Boxing Association of England's middleweight championship in 1897,[3] and was the heavyweight champion in 1900.[4] He represented Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in London in 1908.[5][6] In 1935, as president of the Amateur Boxing Association, he sailed from Southampton to New York with the Golden Gloves Boxing Association.[7] In October 1940, during the Blitz, Dees was killed by bombs in his home[2] in Deptford, south London, aged 66.[8]