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Name: Kid Fredericks
Birth Name: William A. Fredericks
Hometown: Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthplace: Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1962-10-30 (Age:77)
Judge: Record
Pro Boxer: Record

William A. Fredericks was born in Pottstown, PA, and his family moved to the Manayunk section of Philadelphia when he was a child. He began boxing in Manayunk in 1900 and finished his career in Washington state in 1917. He lived most of his life in Pottsville, PA, having moved there in 1905. In a series of articles on his career, published in 1935 in a Pottsville newspaper, it was estimated that he had 170 bouts. He often boxed in Allentown, PA, and also appeared in rings in Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Spokane; Camden, NJ; Brooklyn; Newark, NJ; Fall River, MA; and Bridgeport, CT. He also boxed in a number of small towns in the Pennsylvania coal region.

BoxRec has several listings for boxers named Kid Fredericks, and some bouts contested by William A. "Kid" Fredericks are listed on the records for other boxers.