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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1918-03-02)2 March 1918 Wandsworth, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 December 1997(1997-12-24) (aged 79) London, England | ||||||||||||||
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Harry George Thomas Groves (2 March 1918 – 24 December 1997) was a male boxer who competed for England.
Boxing career
Groves represented England and won a gold medal in the 60 kg division at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
He won the 1939 Amateur Boxing Association British lightweight title, when boxing out of the Devas ABC.
Personal life
He was a brewers drayman by trade and lived in Condell Road, Battersea during 1938.
References
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "1938 Athletes". Team England.
- "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- "Amateur Boxing Titles". Nottingham Evening Post. 30 March 1939. Retrieved 10 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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