About Harry Groves
Lived 1918 – 1997 (aged 79). Harry Groves was a boxer.
Harry George Thomas Groves (2 March 1918 – 24 December 1997) was a male boxer who competed for England.
Biography Groves represented England and won a gold medal in the 60 kg division at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia.
He won the 1939 Amateur Boxing Association British lightweight title, when boxing out of the Devas ABC.
He boxed out of Watneys ABC and Devas BC. and at the time of the 1938 Games he was a brewers drayman by trade and lived in Condell Road, Battersea.
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Who was Harry Groves?
boxer who competed for England
When was Harry Groves born?
Harry Groves was born on 2 March 1918 in Wandsworth.
When did Harry Groves die?
Harry Groves died on 24 December 1997 in England at the 1938 British Empire Games, London.
What was Harry Groves's occupation?
Harry Groves was a boxer.
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