Jack Doyle (December 27, 1877January 30, 1944) was an American railroad engineer, saloon owner, boxing promoter, and oil-industry investor. In the 1910s he ran what was called the "longest bar in the world" in
Vernon, California, United States. He was later instrumental in the creation of both the
Vernon Coliseum and the
Olympic Auditorium
The Grand Olympic Auditorium is a former sports venue in southern Downtown Los Angeles, California. The venue was built in 1924 at 1801 South Grand Avenue, now just south of the Santa Monica Freeway. The grand opening of the Olympic Auditorium ...
. He retired from fight promotion by 1932 and successfully transitioned to oil drilling at
Signal Hill.
He also had a ranch in
Kern County. His brother Thomas Doyle served in the
California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
The A ...
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Doyle died in Santa Monica, California, in 1944 at the age of 66.
["California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", , ''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGMK-8KNN : Fri Mar 08 14:49:53 UTC 2024), Entry for John Joseph Doyle and Patrick M Doyle, 30 January 1944.]
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List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Wilshire and Westlake areas
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1944 deaths
1877 births
Businesspeople from California
American boxing promoters
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