Hector McDonald
Name: Hector McDonald
Alias: Phantom
Birth Name: Hector William Steven McDonald
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1952-11-19 (Age:43)
Pro Boxer: Record
According to the British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993 database on the FamilySearch genealogical website, one Hector William Steven McDonald was born on March 21, 1909 in Dublin, Ireland and died on November 19, 1952 in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
According to a news item with a Vancouver dateline in the November 20, 1952 edition of the Lethbridge Herald on Newspapers.com, Hector McDonald, a former boxer and "one of the Pacific Coast's best-known referees," died after collapsing from a heart attack in Vancouver on Wednesday (November 19, 1952). He reportedly "started his fight career with his pal Jimmy McLarnin."