Billy Snailham

2008-05-28T00:50:35Z

McCarthy:

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* Snailham was a member of the Bridge & Structural Ironworkers Organization, when he was not boxing.
*Was a boxing referee in at least 1920.

Source of his early undated bouts: ''Everett Morning Tribune'', Sept. 26, 1906.

Johnny Crowe

2008-05-28T00:46:50Z

McCarthy:

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'''Managers''': [[Ed Graney]], [[Burt Murphy]] 
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* May 5, 1885.
* His parents were Frank and Bridgit Crowe of San Francisco. Johnny Crowe died from injuries sustained in the ring just a few months after the catastrophic San Francisco Earthquake. On Sept. 28, 1906, a one-two punch to the heart and kidney caused Crowe to drop during his bout with [[Billy Snailham]] at the [[Everett Athletic Club (Everett, WA)|Everett, Washington, AC]]. He soon died of what the coroner's jury termed "over-exertion." Doctors who performed the autopsy found that Crowe had a double ("hourglass") stomach and a slightly enlarged heart. He also had a blood clot in the brain, which prevented him from having normal respiration. Snailham was arrested and charged with manslaughter, although Crowe's parents pleaded that he not be prosecuted. Crowe's death spelled the end of boxing in the greater Everett area for a long time to come. The Everett A.C. at Sixth and Pacific Streets was dismantled and the place closed.

Source of his early undated bouts in the BoxRec database is the ''Everett Morning Tribune'', Sept. 26, 1906.

[[Category:Ring Fatalities|Crowe, Johnny]]

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