Milt Aron

Name: Milt Aron
Birth Name: Milton Aronson
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1942-03-05 (Age:25)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 174cm
Pro Boxer: Record


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Milt Aron, son of a Rabbi, was a long-time contender for the Welterweight Crown, but he never got a title shot. He died of a blood infection on March 6, 1942.

According to the Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 database on Ancestry.com, Milton Aronson was born on January 3, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois and died on March 5, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. He was 25 years old and a professional boxer. Milton was buried on March 9, 1942 at the Jewish Oakridge Cemetery in Proviso, Illinois. His father, Louis Aronson, was born in "Chvadon," Lithuania while his mother, Rose Reininger, was born in "Isenstadt," Hungary. Milton's wife's first name was Mildred.

According to the Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922 database on Ancestry.com, Michel Aranson was born on January 4, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were Louis Aranson and Rose Reininger. Aron won the Illinois State Welterweight Title on March 2, 1939 by stopping Johnny Barbara in the ninth rd of a ten rd fight.

According to Frank Mastro's column in the October 9, 1941 edition of the Chicago Tribune on Newspapers.com, Milt Aron was in the Michael Reese Hospital being treated for pneumonia.

According to an item in the October 15, 1941 edition of the Chicago Tribune, Aron underwent a blood transfusion at the Michael Reese Hospital on Monday (October 13, 1941). The blood donor was Fred Begun, brother of Aron's manager, Jack Begun. After the transfusion, Dr. I. I. Ritter, Aron's physician, said that Aron's condition was "good." "Aron entered the hospital 10 days ago to receive treatment for pneumonia, but complications set in."

According to the boxing news item with the headline, "Pastor Comes to Town for Beckwith Bout," in the October 31, 1941 edition of the Chicago Tribune, Aron has been in the Michael Reese Hospital for five weeks while recovering from pneumonia and will remain in the hospital for "an indefinite period."

According to a boxing news item with a headline, "Spoldi to Meet Castiglione in Stadium Jan. 9," in the December 25, 1941 edition of the Chicago Tribune, Aron will spend Christmas in the Michael Reese Hospital, "where he has been waging a fight for his life since Oct. 2." He had "contracted a blood infection" after being knocked out by Fritzie Zivic in Pittsburgh on September 15, 1941.