James Cater (3 September 1902 — 17 April 1947) was a

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who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. Cater was born in

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, Scotland, in 1902. He competed, aged 17, in the 1920 Olympics and was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the featherweight class after losing his fight to the eventual bronze medalist

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. Cater died in Glasgow in 1947, aged 44.

References

External links

Profile at Sports-Reference.com.
1902 births 1947 deaths Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics British male boxers {{UK-boxing-bio-stub