Dick Elia

Name: Dick Elia
Birth Name: Dick Elia
Hometown: Fresno, California, USA
Birthplace: Fresno, California, USA
Died: 1965-11-00 (Age:64)
Stance: Southpaw
Pro Boxer: Record

According to his obituary in the November 8, 1965 edition of the Fresno Bee found on the newspaper database of Ancestry.com, Dick Elia was a native of Fresno and worked as a newsboy for the Fresno Herald. He reportedly began his boxing career in Los Angeles because boxing was banned in Fresno until 1919.

A southpaw who could punch, Elia reportedly had twenty-three knockouts in fifty-six bouts. Moving to New York City in 1929, Elia became a business agent for the Painter's Union, being a painter himself. He had died on Saturday.

According to Ed Orman's sports column in the November 17, 1965 edition of the Fresno Bee found on the newspaper database of Ancestry.com, Dick Elia was of Armenian descent and big drawing card, notably among fans of Armenian descent, in Fresno during the late 1910s and early 1920s.

According to the U.S. Social Security Death Index database on Ancestry.com, one Dick Elia was born on July 19, 1901 and died in November 1965. His last residence was in New York City, New York.