Harold Franks
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||
| Born | 2 October 1891 Hackney, London, England | ||||||||||
| Died | 1973 Kent, England | ||||||||||
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| Sport | boxing | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Harold Franks (1891 – 1973) was a British light heavyweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics losing against Norwegian boxer Sverre Sorsdal in the semi-finals.[1]
Franks won the inaugural Amateur Boxing Association 1920 light heavyweight title, when boxing out of the St. Pancras ABC.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Harold Franks". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "The A.B.A. Championships". Boxing World and Mirror of Life. 3 April 1920. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- 1891 births
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- Olympic boxers of Great Britain
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