Jimmy Magill (31 December 1894 – 8 February 1942) was an
amateur boxer and
Royal Ulster Constabulary
The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC)Richard Doherty, ''The Thin Green Line – The History of the Royal ...
officer from
Carncastle, near
Larne in
Northern Ireland.
Biography
Magill was the
Amateur Boxing Association of England
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's
middleweight champion in 1934 and 1935 and
light heavyweight champion in 1936. He won fights in Boston and New York in an Irish tour of the US in 1935, was European Police champion from 1931 to 1936
and won a bronze medal
representing Northern Ireland at the
1934 British Empire Games
The 1934 British Empire Games were the second edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934. The host city was London, with the main venue at Wembley Park, although the track cycling events wer ...
. As the
Irish Amateur Boxing Association governed the sport in Northern Ireland, he was considered ineligible to compete for both
Great Britain at the Olympics and
Ireland at the Olympics.
In 1936, Magill defeated Richard Vogt, who as a
German Army Captain in 1940 saved the life of an
Irish Guardsman wounded in the
Dunkirk evacuation
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because they both knew Magill.
Magill was one of twelve children, and the youngest of seven brothers.
His brother Davy Magill was the 1921
Royal Irish Constabulary heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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champion, and later in the 1920s was Irish professional champion at heavyweight and
light heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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.
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Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland
Boxers at the 1934 British Empire Games
Male boxers from Northern Ireland
Sportspeople from County Antrim
Royal Ulster Constabulary officers
Middleweight boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers
1894 births
1942 deaths
People from Larne
Irish male boxers
Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing