 Harry Thomas in 1908. | ||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Albert Henry Thomas | |||||||||||
| Nickname | Harry Thomas | |||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||
| Born | (1888-07-01)1 July 1888 Kings Norton, Birmingham, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 13 January 1963(1963-01-13) (aged 74) New York City, USA | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Albert Henry Thomas (1 July 1888 – 13 January 1963) was a Britishbantamweightprofessionalboxer who won agold medal inBoxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He fought asHarry Thomas.
Thomas won the 1908Amateur Boxing Association Britishbantamweight title, when boxing out of the Birmingham ABC.[3] He then competed for Great Britain at the 1908 Olympic Games in theboxing bantamweight division, where he won the gold medal with a decision overJohn Condon in the final.
In 1909, he went to the United States, where he remained except for a trip to Australia in 1913 and multiple visits to his home country, England, every so often, the last visit being in the late 1950s. He served in the United States Navy in World War I and became an American citizen.[1] He was born inBirmingham,England and died inNew York City,United States.
Thomas competed as a bantamweight boxer for Great Britain at the 1908 London Olympics. The bantamweight division featured six boxers. Five were British; one was French. Here are Thomas' results from that boxing tournament:
1904: 105–115 lb (47.6–52.2 kg), 1908: −116 lb (52.6 kg), 1920–1928: 112–118 lb (50.8–53.5 kg), 1932–1936: 112–119 lb (50.8–54.0 kg), 1948–2008: 51–54 kg, 2012: 52–56 kg, 2016: 53–56 kg | |
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