Kōrero: Boxing and wrestling

Ted Morgan, around 1928

Ted Morgan, around 1928

Ted Morgan, who won the welterweight gold medal at the 1928 Olympic Games, was New Zealand's most successful Olympic boxer. The silver fern and 'NZ' on his shorts show that this is a publicity shot for the Olympics. Morgan became a professional boxer in 1929 but had a mixed record, winning 13 professional bouts, losing 11 and drawing two. After retiring from the professional ranks he refereed amateur matches, before dying of lung cancer at the age of 46.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Crown Studios Collection
Reference: 1/1-031947-F
Photograph by Crown Studios

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Joseph Romanos, 'Boxing and wrestling - Amateur boxing', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37960/ted-morgan-around-1928 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Joseph Romanos, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013, updated 1 Jan 2015