Ern Waddy

Name: Ern Waddy
Birth Name: Ernest Albert Wadewitz
Hometown: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Birthplace: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died: 1962-08-31 (Age:73)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 179cm
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record

Biography

From April to November of 1914 Waddy travelled the world as a tourist. When he returned home he opened a cafe and a gym in Adelaide and ran them with family members. Working in the gym, where he taught boxing, kept him in such good nick that he was able to stage a comeback after almost five years, eventually defending his title in 1919 against Albert Kid Lloyd.

Reference sources

• Portrait of Ern Waddy, heavyweight boxing champion of Australia, 1923 / Frank A. McNeill- held and digitised as part of the Arnold Thomas boxing collection by the National Library of Australia