Battling Blackjack

Name: Battling Blackjack
Alias: Lonnie Craft
Birth Name: Vernice Lonnie Craft
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Died: 1959-03-07 (Age:41)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 187cm
Pro Boxer: Record


Battling Blackjack, born Lonnie Craft, was executed on March 7, 1959 in the Arizona State Prison in Florence Ariz. after being found guilty of 1st degree murder.

According to the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Census Records databases on Ancestry.com, one Vernice Craft was born in Texas, not Arizona. Moreover, he had a large number of siblings and a father who was a minister.

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