Harry Decker

Name: Harry Decker
Alias: Kid Decker
Birth Name: Harry Joseph Helmstead
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1951-11-21 (Age:67)
Height: 168cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Harry Decker was the brother of fellow boxers George Decker and Sammy Decker.

According to the U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-18 database on Ancestry.com, one Harry Joseph Helmstead was born on November 4, 1883 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time, he worked as a brakeman and had a wife, Madaline Helmstead.

According to the U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942 database on the Ancestry.com website, one Harry Decker Helmstead was born on November 4, 1883 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked for the highway department of the City of Philadelphia at the time he registered for the draft. Helmstead was 5' 7" tall and weighed 145 pounds in addition to having cauliflower left ear.

According to his death certificate in digital form on the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 database on Ancestry.com, one Harry J. Helmstead, also known as "Decker," was born on November 4, 1884 in Philadelphia and died on November 21, 1951 in the Philadelphia General Hospital in Philadelphia. The listed informant on the certificate was Madaline G. Helmstead.