Oscar Gardner

Name: Oscar Gardner
Alias: The Omaha Kid
Birth Name: Oscar Desire Gardner
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died: 1928-12-25 (Age:56)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 160cm
Reach: 160cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Division: Featherweight
Manager: Paddy Sullivan

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• In an Associated Press article of December 26, 1928, reporting his death after a lingering illness, it was mentioned that Gardner had had 547 ring battles. He died in Minneapolis. He left a widow and two children in Portland, Oregon. Eddie Gardner was Oscar's brother.

• According to Horace Libby, matchmaker for the famous Twin City Athletic Club in the 1880's, Oscar Gardner's real record is 472 wins, 42 losses, and 23 Draws for a total of 537 matches.

• According to Gardner in an interview in 1904, he took on the nickname of "The Omaha Kid" to throw off his mother, who he did not want to know that he was fighting.

Neck: 16"

Chest Normal: 35"

Chest Expanded: 37"

Waist: 27"

Thigh: 18 1/2"

Calf: 13"

Biceps: 12 1/2"

Forearm: 10"

Reach: 63"