Indian Joe Corbett

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Name: Indian Joe Corbett
Birth Name: Sylvester John Pelland
Hometown: Roseburg, Oregon, USA
Birthplace: Nonpareil, Oregon, USA
Died: 1973-11-16 (Age:66)
Height: 170cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Centralia, Washington, is also listed as this boxer's hometown. Corbett began his career boxing out of Roseburg, Oregon. Pelland (Corbett) served in the United States Army during World War II.

Pelland was listed as an Indian on his World War II draft card, though he doesn't appear on any Tribal Census under the name Sylvester Pelland. He may have been Umpqua, who historically reside in Douglas County, where he was born.