Jack Parker (boxer)

New Zealand boxer (1915–1993)

FullnameJohn Arthur Leonard Parker

Born(1915-07-10)10 July 1915
Wellington, New Zealand

Died9 August 1993(1993-08-09) (aged 78)

OccupationChauffeur^[1]

Jack Parker
Personal information
Full name	John Arthur Leonard Parker
Born	(1915-07-10)10 July 1915 Wellington, New Zealand
Died	9 August 1993(1993-08-09) (aged 78)
Occupation	Chauffeur^[1]
Weight	54 kg (118 lb)^[2]
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Amateur boxing
Achievements and titles
National finals	Bantamweight champion (1937)

John Arthur Leonard Parker (10 July 1915 – 9 August 1993) was a New Zealand amateur boxer who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games and won a national amateur title in the bantamweight division.

Born in Wellington on 10 July 1915, Parker was the son of Joseph Elvery Parker and Annie Parker (née Gosling).^[3]^[4]

Parker won the New Zealand amateur bantamweight boxing title in 1937.^[5] He was duly selected to represent New Zealand in the same division at the 1938 British Empire Games,^[6] but was eliminated in his first bout, being narrowly beaten on points by the English fighter, William Butler, who went on to win the gold medal.^[2]^[7]^[8]

During World War II, Parker served as a stoker first class in the Royal New Zealand Navy.^[1]

Parker died on 9 August 1993, and was buried at Makara Cemetery.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Cemeteries search". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
1 2 "Law and Schluter stopped". The Worker. 8 February 1938. p. 24. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
↑ "Birth search: registration number 1915/14554". Births, deaths and marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
↑ "Parker, Joseph Elvery – WW1 2/3064 – Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
↑ "New Zealand amateur boxing champions". Boxing New Zealand. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
↑ "New Zealand team". Otago Daily Times. 20 January 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
↑ "Referee's remarks: poor talent at Games". The Evening Post. 12 February 1938. p. 22. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
↑ "Boxing 54kg – men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

v t e 1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
Athletics	Theo Allen Arnold Anderson Pat Boot Betty Forbes Alan Geddes Stan Lay Jim Leckie Doreen Lumley Cecil Matthews Mary Mitchell Jack Morgan Bill Pullar Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Frank Sharpley Doris Strachan Rona Tong Harold Tyrie
Boxing	Joseph Collins Darcy Heeney Kenneth Moran Jack Parker Hugh Sheridan Artie Sutherland Ron Withell
Cycling	John Brown George Giles Frank Grose Gordon Patrick Roy Taylor Ronald Triner Ron Ulmer
Diving	Gwen Rix
Lawn bowls	Bill Bremner Walter Denison Ernie Jury Frank Livingstone Lance Macey Alec Robertson Bill Whittaker
Rowing	Howard Benge Ken Boswell George Burns John Charters Jim Clayton Oswald Denison James Gould Albert Hope Gus Jackson Les Pithie John Rigby Bob Smith Cyril Stiles William Stodart Rangi Thompson
Swimming	Noel Crump Jack Davies Winnie Dunn Peter Hanan Mona Leydon Joyce Macdonald Len Newell
Wrestling	Torsten Anderson Jim Dryden Joe Genet Harcourt Godfrey Leo Nolan Jerry Podjursky Vernon Thomas
Chef de Mission: Horace McCormick

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