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Bobby Meath, U.W. Boxer

Date: 03 12 1954
Description: Connie Parnell (of Somerset, Wisconsin) meeting Bobby Meath of the University of Wisconsin boxing team at the door after his match. Meath is exiting a door...
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Bobby Meath Boxing in the Ring

Date: 03 12 1954
Description: Don Backus (of Washington State) winces as Bob Meath of the University of Wisconsin punches right from the start of the bout.
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Boxing Match at University of Wisconsin Field House

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of a full crowd at the Field House, including people sitting on the floor in chairs watching the boxers in a boxing ring in the center of the...
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University of Wisconsin vs. San Jose State Boxing Match

Date: 02 22 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin boxer Bob Christopherson throws a left hook to the jaw of Ken Christensen of San Jose State in the third round of the 165-pound fig...
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University of Wisconsin vs. San Jose State Boxing Match

Date: 02 22 1958
Description: Rollie Nesbit (left), University of Wisconsin boxer, swings right at Dave Nelson of San Jose State in the first round of the 132-pound fight.
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University of Wisconsin Boxing Squad

Date: 01 06 1954
Description: Group portrait of 30 members of the University of Wisconsin boxing squad.
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Gold Dust Twins

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Description: The Gold Dust Twins were a popular comedy-musical act that toured in the Midwest during the 1950s. The two men sang, danced, and performed banjo music, as ...
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Buddy Brown

Date: 1953
Description: Buddy Brown poses outdoors standing on a box wearing boxing gloves and trunks.
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of sailors seated around a boxing ring, watching a match at a United States Naval Training Camp.
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Man at Desk

Date: 03 30 1949
Description: A man wearing a letter sweater sits at a desk. A framed photograph of three boxers and several books stand on the desk and two framed photographs hang on ...
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University of Wisconsin Boxing Match

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: Paul Kotrodimos of the University of Wisconsin in his boxing match against Norm Walker of the University of Idaho.
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University of Idaho Boxing Team

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: The University of Idaho boxing team.
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University of Wisconsin Boxing Team

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: Members of the University of Wisconsin boxing team standing in the ring.
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Wisconsin Boxing Coach and Three Brother Boxers

Date: 01 10 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing coach, John J. Walsh, with three of his team boxers, brothers Dwight, Dwaine and Don Dickinson (left to right), of Tomah. Do...
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College Champion Boxers Contending for Olympics Team

Date: 06 19 1948
Description: Group portrait of college champion boxers and coaches training for the Olympic trials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Pictured left to right: John ...
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Boxer Omar Crocker

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Description: Omar Crocker, a University of Wisconsin-Madison boxer, smiles as he sits in the corner of a boxing ring, wearing his gloves.
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Young Boxers with Audience

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Description: Two young boxers posing kneeling in a ring touching gloves, while the referee crouches between them. An audience of unidentified youths are sitting and sta...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 02 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxer Calvin Vernon, front, has just missed University of Virginia boxer Ralph Shoaf with a sweeping right while Shoaf has missed w...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament

Date: 04 02 1948
Description: Three Idaho boosters watching the NCAA Boxing Tournament. L to R: Sam Zingale, Laune Erickson, and Idaho Coach Ken Butler. Erickson is one of the all-time ...
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Al Blinder.

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