Human:43873
Name: Ray Tramblie
Birth Name: Raymond Tramblie
Hometown: Rockford, Illinois, USA
Birthplace: Rockford, Illinois, USA
Died: 1985-06-00 (Age:75)
Height: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Born in 1909
Cocoa Kid's sparring sessions with Tramblie at the Legion Arena in West Palm Beach Florida in early 1932 is what convinced Harry Durant to take Cocoa Kid north and sponsor him. He was a 17-year-old lightweight at the time. "I saw he could take it and then went after him," said Durant (see New Haven Register, 4/26/1932).
According to the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 database on Ancestry.com, one Raymond Tramblie was born on September 4, 1909 and died during June 1985. His last residence was in Madison, Tennessee. He received his Social Security number in Illinois before 1951.
