Battling Gahee
Name: Battling Gahee
Birth Name: William Gahee
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Died: 1946-06-15 (Age:50)
Stance: Orthodox
Pro Boxer: Record
Manager: Saint Saxon
Wounded in action in France circa October 1918. Gahee moved to Toledo, Ohio, from Memphis in 1919 after serving in World War I.
William Gahee, pugilistic instructor, is in St. Louis in the 1920 census. He is also listed in the 1917 St. Louis City Directory as a "pugilist". In 1926-1927 he is in the Youngstown, OH city directory as a pugilist. In 1921 both "Battling Gahee" and "William Gahee, boxer" are listed in the Memphis City directory at different addresses.
Per the Toledo Blade obituary, Battling Gahee died in a veterans hospital in Dearborn, Michigan. His address was given as 418 Pinewood Avenue, Toledo, and the paper reported that he had died after a year's illness. He had been employed at the Champion Spark Plug Co. and left a wife, Novel, and son, James. He still had family back in Memphis. (Courtesy of Bob Mee.)