M. Frederick "Fred" Spiller (22 November 1884 – 14 September 1953) was a

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lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight ...

boxer who competed in the early 20th century. He won a silver medal in

boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics, five boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, thro ...

after losing the final of the lightweight competition against

Frederick Grace Frederick Grace (29 February 1884 – 23 July 1964) was a lightweight boxer. He fought as Fred Grace and at the 1908 Olympic Games he became Olympic champion, defeating Matt Wells along the way. He also became the British and European a ...

. He continued boxing until his death on 14 September 1953.

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* 1884 births 1953 deaths Lightweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Place of birth missing Olympic medalists in boxing British male boxers Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub