Elmer Harris

Name: Elmer Harris
Hometown: Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Died: 1900-04-19 (Age:17)
Pro Boxer: Record

Elmer Harris, 17, died of injuries sustained while sparring with George James and Charles Gronbach at Hamilton, OH, USA.

"Elmer Harris aged 17 years, fell dead Thursday night of a four round friendly bout with George James and Charles Gronbach, in a shed fitted up for a gymnasium behind the Harris home. Coroner McHenry held an autopsy in the afternoon and found death was due to a hemorrhage of the brain caused by a blow. James and Gronbach are exculpated, however, by the coroner's verdict." - Iola Daily Register, April 21, 1900

See also, Death under the Spotlight: The Manuel Velasquez Boxing Fatality Collection [1] ("The youths were sparring in a shed at the Harris home that had been fitted as a boxing ring. Cause of death was attributed to hemorrhage of the brain.")