Carroll Morgan (October 3, 1947 – June 20, 2018) was a Canadian

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, who represented his native country at the

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. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals by

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's eventual bronze medalist

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. Morgan later trained people in the city where he lived. In 1990, Morgan was inducted into the

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and was inducted twice into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, in 1994 alongside his teammates from the 1966 X-Men football club of

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, and in 2008 as an amateur boxer. Morgan, who started boxing at age 20 while at St. F. X. University, was a member of the 1972 Canadian Olympic and 1974 Commonwealth teams, and held heavyweight titles seven times as provincial champion and three times as Canadian champion. During his boxing career, Morgan never lost a fight to another Canadian. On June 20, 2018, Morgan died of a heart attack at his home in the Clayton Park area of Halifax.Olympic boxer Carroll Morgan dies
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1972 Olympic record

Below is the record of Carroll Morgan, a Canadian heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics: * Round of 16: defeated Fatai Ayinla (Nigeria) by decision, 3-2 * Quarterfinal: lost to

(Sweden) by third-round knockout

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