Alfred Russell (25 January 1915 – 27 March 1966) was a British

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who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He fought as Alf Russell.

Boxing career

In 1936 he competed in the Olympic Games and was eliminated in the first round of the flyweight class after losing his fight to Asbjørn Berg-Hansen. Russell won the 1938

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British flyweight title, when boxing without the affiliation of a club at the time.

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Olympic profile

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1915 births 1966 deaths Flyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Great Britain Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics British male boxers {{UK-boxing-bio-stub