Dutch Sam
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- Born April 4, 1775; Died 1816
- Height: 5' 6½"
- "Dutch Sam, known as the Star of the East, was the discoverer of the right hand uppercut. In his day it was called an undercut. Dutch Sam created havoc with the new blow until a new way was found to block it." Tacoma News Tribune (Tacoma, WA, USA) Jan. 1, 1924
- "Feared as the deadliest puncher of the London Prize Ring": An Illustrated History of Boxing, by Nat Fleischer & Sam Andre (6th Revised Edition), p. 261
- To be distinguished from Young Dutch Sam, his son.