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| Gordon A. House
1985 - Boxing - Navajo/Oneida
DATE OF BIRTH: December 28, 1925
DATE OF DEATH: April 5, 1950
- BIRTH PLACE: Fort Defiance, Arizona
- TRIBE: Navajo/Oneida
- EDUCATION: Phoenix Indian School, Phoenix, Arizona
Fort Wingate Indian School, Fort Wingate, New Mexico
Albuquerque Indian School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- SPORTS DATA: Boxing - Amateur/Professional
ACHIEVEMENTS: College Athletics
- Golden Gloves amateur competition in Arizona and New Mexico 1940-1942
- Military Service amateur competition in California and the Hawaiian Islands as member of 2nd U.S. Marine Division 1943-1945
- April 19, 1945 won All Service Lightweight Division Boxing Championship - Pacific Ocean and Hawaiian Islands Area
- Professional Boxer 1946-1949
- Nat Fleischer’s Ring Record Book Credits:
- July 25, 1948 - Arizona State Lightweight Title and Ring Belt
- August 23, 1948 - Nevada State Lightweight Title and Ring Belt
- October 20, 1948 - Texas State Lightweight Title and Ring Belt
- July 15, 1949 - Fought Sandy Sadler, New York, New York for Featherweight Championship of the World.L-TKO by 5 (Sadler enshrined in "World Hall of Fame")
COMMENTS:
- The Ringsider, boxing publication - "Lightweight with a heavyweight punch"
- Knockout Magazine - "Knockout Artist"
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