Emmett McGowan

Sailor McGowan, former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet, and stationed aboard the U. S. S. West Virgina, fell under the wheels of a railroad in San Pedro, CA, USA, and was killed. He had been born in New York and was aged 40. Jan. 13, 1929 Wenatchee Daily World (Wenatchee, WA, USA).