Difference between revisions of "Emile Griffith"
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==Birth - Death== | ==Birth - Death== | ||
| − | 1938 - | + | 1938 - 2013 |
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==Notable Achievements== | ==Notable Achievements== | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Former World middleweight boxing champion, with many wins in three divisions | + | Former World middleweight boxing champion, with many wins in three divisions Identified as bisexual. Severely beaten when he left a gay bar in New York City, New York in 1992. |
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | * [[The Community of LGBTQ Boxers]] | ||
| + | * [[World Sports Champions Who Identify as LGBTQ]] | ||
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| + | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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| + | * http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/sports/emile-griffith-boxer-who-unleashed-a-fatal-barrage-dies-at-75.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | ||
| + | * http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/24/emile-griffith | ||
| + | * http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Emile_Griffith | ||
Latest revision as of 13:14, 14 September 2017
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1938 - 2013
Occupation
Sports
Notable Achievements
World Champion
Description
Former World middleweight boxing champion, with many wins in three divisions Identified as bisexual. Severely beaten when he left a gay bar in New York City, New York in 1992.
