Thomas Hamilton-Brown (1 July 1916 – 2 March 1981) was a South African boxer who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. Hamilton-Brown was born in Cape Town. In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to

Carlos Lillo Carlos Lillo (born October 2, 1915, date of death unknown) was a Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, o ...

. He had originally won the bout but due to a scoring miscalculation he did not find this out until several days later, when he had gone on an eating binge and was too heavy for his weight class. Hamilton-Brown died in Cape Town on 2 March 1981, at the age of 64.

References

External links

Thomas Hamilton-Brown's profile at Sports Reference.comThomas Hamilton-Brown at olympic.org
* 1916 births 1981 deaths Lightweight boxers Olympic boxers for South Africa Boxers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cape Town South African male boxers {{SouthAfrica-boxing-bio-stub