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Young Boys Boxing

Date: 01 15 1934
Description: Young boys, Alex and Bobby McCormick, posing as boxers in front of John Walsh, University of Wisconsin boxing coach.
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"Little Boxers" Boxing Lesson

Date: 12 13 1952
Description: Vern Woodward, University of Wisconsin assistant boxing coach, helps young students during a "Little Boxers" class at the Eagles Club, 23 West Doty Street....
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Japanese Boxer

Date: 01 22 1944
Description: Japanese boxer, Dick Miyagawa, with University of Wisconsin boxing coach, John J. Walsh. Miyagawa was the national collegiate champion in 1942 when he comp...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament

Date: 04 03 1948
Description: Vito Parisi, Wisconsin heavyweight champion, is holding the NCAA boxing tournament team championship trophy named for John Walsh. At left is Badger boxing ...
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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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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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University of Wisconsin Boxing Banquet

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: Group portrait of those honored at the University of Wisconsin annual boxing banquet. Front row, left to right: co-captain Steve Gremban; honored guest Oma...
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UW Boxing Coach and Captain

Date: 04 04 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing coach John J. Walsh congratulates boxer John R. "Dick" Murphy on his selection as captain for the 1951 team.
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'Little Badger' Boxers

Date: 12 09 1950
Description: Instructor Verne Woodward (right), assistant boxing coach at the University of Wisconsin, instructs a group of small boys wearing boxing gloves on how to d...
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Jack Dempsey Meets U.W. Football Coaches

Date: 01 24 1951
Description: The members of the U.W. football coaching staff are shown meeting with Jack Dempsey, former world's heavyweight boxing champion during a dinner at the Park...
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"Little Badgers" Boxing Club

Date: 12 01 1952
Description: The seventeenth class of "Little Badgers" meet for their first training session with University of Wisconsin Boxing Coach Verne Woodward, at far right. The...
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University of Wisconsin Boxers and Coaches with NCAA Trophy

Date: 04 08 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison coaches and the eight Badger boxers who were entered in the 15th annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) box...
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Boxing Tournament Champions

Date: 01 13 1953
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the UW Tournament of Contenders and their coaches, shown in the boxing ring with a trophy. Standing, left to right: coach...
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University of Wisconsin Boxing Tournament of Contenders

Date: 01 12 1956
Description: Group portrait of champions crowned at the twenty-second annual Tournament of Contenders boxing program at the University of Wisconsin. First row, left to ...
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University of Wisconsin Boxing Tournament of Contenders

Date: 01 12 1956
Description: Frank Calarco, Milwaukee, receives the "Best Contender" trophy from coach John Walsh after the Tournament of Contenders boxing finals at the University of ...
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Golden Gloves Boxers

Date: 01 27 1956
Description: Portrait of three Golden Gloves boxers who will participate in a tournament at Blessed Martin House at 1862 Beld Street in Madison. They are holding a trop...
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Little Badger Boxers

Date: 03 02 1957
Description: A tournament and a party at St. Bernard's School was held at the end of the 1957 program of Vern Woodward's Little Badger Boxers. Receiving boxing emblems ...
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Best Contender Boxing Trophy

Date: 01 10 1958
Description: Bill Urban, Mosinee, holds the Best Contender trophy and poses with Coach John Walsh after winning the heavyweight championship at the 24th University of W...
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Blessed Martin House Boxers

Date: 02 12 1958
Description: Group portrait of six of the seven Blessed Martin House boxers who will fight in the Rockford Golden Gloves district eliminations with their coaches. First...
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Final Appearance of U.W. Boxing Coach John J. Walsh

Date: 03 15 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin heavyweight boxer Ron Freeman is resting in his corner while John J. Walsh is leaning over the ropes with close-up coaching instruc...

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