Harry George Thomas Groves (2 March 1918 – 24 December 1997) was a male boxer who competed for England.
Boxing career
Groves represented
England
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and won a
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
in the 60 kg division at the
1938 British Empire Games
The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the event that evolved to become the Commonwealth Games. Held in Sydney, Australia from 5–12 February 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 ye ...
in
Sydney
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,
New South Wales
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, Australia.
He won the 1939
Amateur Boxing Association
England Boxing, known until 2013 as the Amateur Boxing Association of England, is the Sports governing body, governing body of amateur boxing clubs in England. There are separate organisations for Scotland and Wales with boxing in Northern Irela ...
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
1918 births
1997 deaths
English male boxers
Boxers at the 1938 British Empire Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Lightweight boxers
Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
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