Pat "PatMac" McAteer (17 March 1932 — 30 April 2009) born in

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was an

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light middle/ middle/

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of the 1950s who won the

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(BBBofC) British middleweight title (between 16 June 1955 - 5 September 1957) and British Empire middleweight title (between 16 June 1955 - 27 March 1958 ) and was a challenger for the

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(EBU) middleweight title against Charles Humez

his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

Genealogical information

Pat McAteer was the younger brother of Michael J. "Mick" McAteer
birth registered
October→December in

district), and the boxer William R. "Billy" McAteer
birth registered
July→September in

district), the cousin of the boxer Les McAteer, and the uncle of association (soccer) footballer

Jason McAteer Jason Wynne McAteer (born 18 June 1971) is a former professional footballer. His primary position was in centre midfield, though he was also an able right winger and full-back. During his professional career from 1992 to 2007, McAteer played ...

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Image - Pat McAteerVideo - Pat Mcateer New Middleweight Champion 1955Birkenhead boxing legend Pat McAteer’s Lonsdale belt stolen in burglaryMerseyside Form Boxers Association → The Greats → Pat McAteer
1945 births 2009 deaths English male boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Light-middleweight boxers Middleweight boxers Sportspeople from Birkenhead Boxers from Liverpool {{England-boxing-bio-stub