Wilbert McClure

McClure (2nd from left) with fellow medal winners Cassius Clay and Eddie Crook at the 1960 Rome Olympics

Name: Wilbert McClure
Alias: Skeeter
Hometown: Toledo, Ohio, USA
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, USA
Died: 2020-08-06 (Age:81)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 180cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Manager: Sid Goldberg (1963)
Trainer: Cheerful Norman

Wilbert McClure earned degrees in literature and philosophy in 1961 from the University of Toledo, and a doctorate in psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1973. He later became a Massachusetts State Boxing Commissioner.

• "Wilbert Skeeter McClure: The Gold Standard" by Austin Killeen: [1]

Amateur Highlights

• Won the Light Middleweight Gold Medal for the United States at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy
• 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials 156-lb Champion
• 1960 National AAU 156-lb Champion
• 1959 Named Outstanding Amateur Boxer in the U.S.
• 1959 Pan American Games Gold Medalist
• 1959 National AAU Champion
• 1959 160 lb Intercity Golden Gloves Champion
• 1958 & 1959 160 lb won the Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions
• 1958 International Diamond Belt Champion, Mexico City

Olympic Games Results

1960 (as a Light middleweight)

• Defeated Francis Nyagweso (Uganda) 5-0
• Defeated Celedonio Lima (Argentina) 3-2
• Defeated Boris Lagutin (Soviet Union) 3-2
• Defeated Carmelo Bossi (Italy) 4-1

Preceded by: Laszlo Papp	Olympic Gold Medalists Light Middleweight 1960	Succeeded by: Boris Lagutin
Preceded by: William Pickett	NationalAAU Light Middleweight Champion 1959-1960	Succeeded by: Bobby Pasquale
Preceded by: Walter Turner	Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions Middleweight Champion 1958-1959	Succeeded by: Leotis Martin
Preceded by: Jose Torres	Intercity Golden Gloves Middleweight Champion 1959	Succeeded by: Leotis Martin