Alf Shawyer
English boxer (1907–1971)
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Alfred Samuel Shawyer (1907–1971) was an English boxer who competed for England.
NationalityBritish (English)
Born1 October 1907[1]
Wandsworth, London
Died13 May 1971 (aged 63)
Wandsworth, London
SportBoxing
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1907[1] Wandsworth, London | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 May 1971 (aged 63) Wandsworth, London | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Old Goldsmiths BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boxing career
Shawyer boxed out of Old Goldsmiths BC.[2]
He represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games[3] in London, where he competed in the middleweight division,[4] winning a gold medal.[5]
Shawyer won the 1933 Amateur Boxing Association British middleweight title, when boxing out of the Old Goldsmiths ABC.[6][7] He later defeated Johnny Williams of Brooklyn in the New York Golden Gloves tournament during 1935. On 8 December 1935, in the Oslo Colosseum, he fought Henry Tiller in England's first match against Norway.[8]
Personal life
He was a fireman by trade and lived at 81 Edward Street, Deptford in 1935.
