Charles Norton

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Name: Charlie Norton
Hometown: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Birthplace: Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Died: 1899-05-03 (Age:47)
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record

  • New Jersey Deaths and Burials - 3 May 1899 age 46 occupation Saloon Keeper
  • New York Times - Reported in the obituary (May 5, 1899, p. 8) as being 47-years-old.
  • Find A Grave - died 3 May 1899 age 46 years last residence 17 New Jersey Railroad Ave
  • Fought his first battle in England when he was 17.
  • Came to the United States in 1879.
  • Announced his retirement on March 12, 1884.
  • After his boxing career ended, he kept a saloon in Newark, New Jersey. He had been troubled for the last four years of his life by a variety of diseases.