Eddie Evers

Name: Eddie Evers
Birth Name: Edward F. Wielund
Hometown: Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Birthplace: Moline, Illinois, USA
Died: 1919-10-03 (Age:27)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 163cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Eddie Evers was a bantamweight boxer who started his pro career in 1912. He contracted the so-called "Spanish Flu" just two months after enlisting in the United States Army and died less than a year later (1919). He is buried in Chippiannok Cemetery at Rock Island, Illinois.