Alabama Yesterdays

Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history

Showing posts with label boxer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boxer. Show all posts
Sunday, December 29, 2024

Joe Louis on Tour during World War II

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Professional heavyweight boxer Joe Louis is one of the most famous sports figures native to Alabama, and one of the first African-Americans...
Saturday, September 18, 2021

Who Was Joseph E. Pullum?

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Sometimes I'm researching something and follow it down a rabbit hole that leads to another rabbit hole. And here we are... I recently wa...
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Friday, October 23, 2020

The Boxer Who Played Joe Louis--Three Times

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One of Alabama's most famous sports figures is boxer Joe Louis , whose career ran from 1934 until 1951. Considered one of the all-time g...
Friday, May 15, 2020

The Alabama Boxer Who Fought Muhammad Ali

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Well, Muhammad Ali was Cassius Clay at the time, but still... One of the professional boxers native to Alabama was heavyweight  Herb Siler...
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