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Jackie Fields (Jacob Finkelstein; born February 9, 1908, in Chicago, Illinois; died June 3, 1987, in Los Angeles, California) was an American boxer. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...
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1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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He was an Olympic flyweight gold medal winner, and the World Welterweight Champion. Olympic can mean: Olympic Games, an international multi-sport event: Olympic Games, the modern games held since 1896 Ancient Olympic Games, the ancient games held in Olympia, Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD Olympic (band), a Czech rock band Olympic (MTR) A MTR station in Hong Kong Olympic Airlines...
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb (51 kg) but above 108 lb (49 kg). ...
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In 1962, legendary fight manager Jack Kearns called Fields the “best all-around battler the United States has ever produced.” 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...
Jack Doc Kearns (1882-1963) was an American boxing manager from the state of Washington. ...
Boxing career
Early life Fields, who grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in Chicago, said, "Being in the ghetto, you had to fight." When his father contracted tuberculosis, the family moved to Los Angeles, where he was introduced to boxing. For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ...
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Legend has it that Fields took his ring name from either a Chicago department store, or in honor of an obscure fighter named Marty Fields. The interior of a typical Macys department store. ...
Marty Fields, born in 1961, is an award winning stand up comedian, Host/MC, actor, writer and musician from Melbourne, Australia. ...
Olympic championship He began in 1921, and by 1924, had competed in the pre-Olympic AAU Nationals. Despite a broken hand, he reached the semifinals and a place on the Olympic team as an alternate. On the boat ride to the 1924 Paris Olympics, Fields defeated two other Olympic candidates to make the team. AAU is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Acute anterior uveitis, an inflammatory joint disease; see Spondyloarthropathy Addis Ababa University, a university in Ethiopia Amateur Athletic Union, a sports organization in the United States Antillean Adventist University, a Christian university in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Asau...
1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Fields was only 16 years old in when he captured the Olympic Featherweight Championship, the youngest athlete ever to win an Olympic boxing crown. When he got home from the Olympics, however, his mother spanked him for stepping into the ring. Olympic can mean: Olympic Games, an international multi-sport event: Olympic Games, the modern games held since 1896 Ancient Olympic Games, the ancient games held in Olympia, Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD Olympic (band), a Czech rock band Olympic (MTR) A MTR station in Hong Kong Olympic Airlines...
Amateur career Fields finished his amateur career with a record of 51 victories in 54 fights.
Pro career Jackie turned professional in 1925 and quickly moved up the ranks, defeating Mushy Callahan, Sammy Baker, Vince Dundee, and Jack Zivic. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ...
He then defeated Young Jack Thompson for the National Boxing Association Welterweight Championship in March 1929 in a 10-round decision. Jack Thompson For other people named Jack Thompson, see Jack Thompson (disambiguation). ...
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1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In July 1929, Fields faced defending champion Joe Dundee for the World Welterweight title, and won the match after Dundee fouled him with a 2nd-round low blow. Joe Dundee (August 16, 1903–March 31, 1982) was an American boxer. ...
Fields totally dominated the abbreviated fight. He floored Dundee once in the first round and four more times in the first part of round 2. After the fifth knockdown in that round, Pal Joey crawled across the ring on his hands and knees until he got right in front of Fields and sucker punched him in the groin. Fields nailed the issue succinctly: "That bum and his buddies had bet money on the fight."[1] Dundee knew he was a goner and he also knew if the fight ended on a foul, all bets were off. Pal Joey is a 1939 epistolary (written in the form of a series of letters) novel by John OHara, which became the basis of a 1940 musical comedy and 1957 motion picture of the same name. ...
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In May 1930, Fields lost the title to Jack Thompson in a 15-round fight. Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
Jack Thompson For other people named Jack Thompson, see Jack Thompson (disambiguation). ...
Fields retired after the fight, but returned to the ring two years later fighting for the welterweight world title against Lou Brouillard, who had won it from Thompson. Fields regained it, winning in 10 rounds, in January 1932. Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...
In 1932, he was involved in a car accident in which suffered a detached retina and lost sight in one eye, though he did not tell anyone about it at the time. Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...
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In February 1933, Fields lost the title in a 10-round decision to Young Corbett III in San Francisco. The referee, Jack Kennedy, admitted to Jackie's manager Jack Kearns after the fight in the dressing room: "I made a mistake," and told him he had raised the wrong hand. Kearns hit Kennedy, sending him sprawling to the floor and knocking him out.[2] 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
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Fields fought only one bout after his loss to Corbett because his eye injury had become too troublesome.
He retired with a professional record of 74 victories (30 knockouts), 3 draws, 9 losses, and 1 no-contest.
Boxing style Fields was widely regarded as scientific boxer, with tremendous stamina and a solid punch.
Life after boxing Fields earned an estimated $500,000 during his career, which he had invested in real estate. However, due to the Depression, Fields like millions of others was financially wiped out. Fields landed a job as an assistant unit manager for 20th Century Fox, and in the latter half of the '30s as a film editor for MGM. The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ...
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Until 1949, Fields sold jukeboxes for Wurlitzer. Later Fields became a business representative for J & B Scotch in the mid-West. In the late 1950s Fields bought a large share of stock in the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. Although he sold his shares a few years later, he remained on as Public Relations Director for the hotel. He also served for many years as Vice Chairman of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of stringed instruments, woodwind, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electric pianos and jukeboxes. ...
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The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) regulates all contests and exhibitions of unarmed combat within the state of Nevada, including licensure and supervision of promoters, boxers, professional wrestlers, kickboxers, mixed martial arts fighters, seconds, ring officials, managers, and matchmakers. ...
Movie His Olympic triumph was made in to a 1939 movie called "The Crowd Roars." 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ...
Coaching; Maccabiah Games Fields coached the U.S. boxing team at the 1965 Maccabiah Games.
Halls of Fame He was elected to the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1977. The modern World Boxing Hall of Fame (WBHF) is located in Riverside, California, United States, in Southern California. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Fields, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.[3] For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ...
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. ...
For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ...
He was inducted as well into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004.[4] The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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