John Lawrence Daley (August 26, 1909 in

Newton, Massachusetts Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of Ne ...

– February 7, 1963) was an American

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who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

Amateur career

Daley won the National AAU bantamweight title in 1928. Later that year Daley won the silver medal in the bantamweight class in the 1928 Olympics after losing the final to

Vittorio Tamagnini Vittorio Tamagnini (10 February 1910 – 20 January 1981) was a bantamweight professional boxing, boxer from Italy, who won the gold medal at the Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Olympic r ...

of Italy.

Olympic record

John Daley competed for the United States in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic boxing tournament. He competed in the bantamweight division. Here is his record from that tournament: * Round of 32: defeated Ingvald Bjerke (Norway) on points * Round of 16: defeated Osvaldo Sanchez (Chile) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Janos Szeles (Hungary) on points * Semifinal: defeated Harry Isaacs (South Africa) on points * Final: lost to Vittorio Tamagnini (Italy) on points (was awarded the silver medal)

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* * 1909 births 1963 deaths Sportspeople from Newton, Massachusetts Boxers from Massachusetts Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for the United States Olympic silver medalists for the United States in boxing Place of birth missing American male boxers Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{US-boxing-Olympic-medalist-stub