Eddie McGovern

Name: Eddie McGovern
Alias: Iron Man
Birth Name: Edward Maul
Hometown: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthplace: Watsonville, California, USA
Died: 1939-03-14 (Age:44)
Pro Boxer: Record

According to a UP news item in the March 15, 1939 edition of the Santa Cruz Evening News, one Edward Maul died at the age of 47 during the previous day (March 14, 1939 after a bout with tuberculosis. As Eddie McGovern, "he fought as a heavyweight in the San Francisco bay area fifteen, and was seldom (sic) knocked out."

According to his registration card on the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 database on Ancestry.com, one Edward Maul, a 22-year-old "farmer," was born on June 16, 1894 in Watsonville, California. At the time of his registration on June 5, 1917, he was residing in Calipatria, California and working for the Imperial Water Company. Maul was of "medium" height and had a "stout" build.

According to the U.S. Census Records on Ancestry.com, one Edward Maul, a 34-year-old native of California, was living with his wife, Isabel, in San Jose, California during 1930. At the time, Maul was working a "Fireman" for the "City." His father was born in Germany.