Eddie Cartwright

Name: Eddie Cartwright
Birth Name: Hamilton I. Cartwright
Hometown: Portland, Oregon, USA
Died: 1929-02-05 (Age:32)
Pro Boxer: Record

Eddie Cartwright, whose exact date of birth is unknown, died when he hit his head on the canvas, rupturing arteries at the base of his brain. On or about March 26, 1929, per the Daily Morning Olympian (Olympia, WA, USA), Dean Hart, administrator of Cartwright's estate, sued Seattle Mayor F. Edwards and Chief of Police J. Forbes, as well as three members of the boxing commission, the promoters, and the Seattle Natatorium Company, for conducting an "illegal exhibition."