Albert "Alf" Oliver Barber (15 January 1902 – 4 April 1967) was a

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

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who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. In 1924 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist

Jean Ces Jean Ces (5 September 1906 in Béziers – 25 December 1969) was a French bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight category, losing agai ...

External links

Alf Barber's profile at Sports Reference.com
* 1902 births 1967 deaths Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics British male boxers {{UK-boxing-bio-stub