Billy Stift

Name: Billy Stift
Birth Name: William Henry Stift
Hometown: Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1939-08-26 (Age:72)
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record

According to his death notice in the August 28, 1939 edition of the Chicago Tribune on Newspapers.com, William H. Stift died on August 26, 1939. He was survived by his widow, Josephine E. Stift, and his daughter, Florence Silberstorf.

According to a boxing news column with the headline, "Bolden Seeks Reinstatement Before Boxing Commission, in the September 5, 1939 edition of the Chicago Tribune on Newspapers.com, "Billy Stift, former Chicago middleweight, is dead at 72 years of age."

According to an obituary in the January 2, 1924 edition of the Chicago Tribune on Newspapers.com, "William J. Stift, for seventeen years a member of the city fire department and a nephew of William Stift, former well known prize fighter, died yesterday at his home." He was 51 years old and was survived by a widow, four sons and a mother. (Emphasis by BoxRec.)

• 1910 Denver Times article: [1]