Biography: Heeney, Thomas

Boxer Tom Heeney, known in America as 'The Hard Rock from Down Under'

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N. A. C. McMillan. 'Heeney, Thomas', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2767/boxer-tom-heeney-known-in-america-as-the-hard-rock-from-down-under (accessed 25 June 2026).