Heat 1 Tisdall (Ireland) 54.8 Nottbrock (Germany) Hardin (USA) Semi-final 1 Hardin (USA) 52.8 (Olympic record) Taylor (USA) Lord Burghley (Britain) Semi-final 2 Tisdall (Ireland) 52.8 Areksoug (Sweden) Facelli (Italy)
Lord Killanin was named president of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) in 1950, and in 1952 was asked to join the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 1965 he was named the IOC chef de protocol and chairman of the press commission, a natural role for the former journalist. In 1967 he was named to the … Read more
Michael Morris was born in London on 30 July 1914, the son of the Honourable George Morris and Dora Wesley Hall. His father was one of the fourteen families making up the Tribes of Galway, but he was killed in action very shortly after Michael’s birth, on 1 September 1914 near Villers-Cotterêts, France, while commanding … Read more
Formal Irish participation in Olympic boxing had to wait until the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) re-formed in May 1920, following the hiatus of the Great War. Their first major all-Ireland tournament was at Dalymount Park in July 1920, and the first championship took place at the Abbey Theatre in February 1922. The organisation was … Read more
‘Robust fighting’ versus ‘scientific boxing’The calibre of officials appointed to judge the boxing bouts was a perennial problem. Discontent often centred around a perceived disparity between the evaluation of ‘robust fighting’ versus ‘scientific boxing’. A.P. McWeeney, wiring from Amsterdam 1928, remarked: ‘The combination of racial prejudice and ignorance of the rules seems an insuperable barrier … Read more