Harold Devine

Harold "Harry" George Devine (May 18, 1909 – April 29, 1998) was an American boxing manager, trainer, judge, and competitor who won a bronze medal in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

He was born in New Haven, Connecticut but spent the great majority of his life in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Amateur career highlights Devine began boxing around fourteen in his hometown of Worcester, and found great success by nineteen, when in 1928 he became national AAU featherweight champion and was chosen to represent the United States in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. There he defeated Fausto Montefiori of Italy in the Second Round. His local paper, the Telegram wrote, Devine "emerged from the heated skirmish perfectly unscathed, despite the Italian’s two attempts to butt him." General Douglas MacArthur cheered Devine on from ringside.

Retirement After retiring from competitive boxing, Devine gave back to his sport as a manager, trainer and boxing judge. While managing boxers, Devine's best known boxer was Don Williams in the 1950s, and he continued to manage and train boxers into the 1970s. Remaining in his hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts, where he worked as a furrier by trade, he retired from Furs by Michael in 1994. He took up golf in his retirement. He died in April 1998 and was buried at B'nai Brith Lodge Cemetery in Worcester where he spent nearly 50 years.