Grant Shade

Name: Grant Shade
Alias: Happy Shade
Birth Name: General Grant Shade
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Birthplace: Duernain, Illinois, USA
Died: 1987-03-03 (Age:85)
Pro Boxer: Record

• WWI Private US Army
• 1921-11-15 Arrested in Des Moines IA for robbery.
• 1922-02-03 Convicted.
• 1928-08 Married Helen Hale.
• 1928-12 Convicted of public intoxication, given 3 day suspended sentence.
• Jailed in Missouri jail after having been convicted of burglary and larceny.
• 1931-06 released whereupon he was sentenced to another 4 months for a different burglary.
• 1931-11-09 Jack Dempsey, Des Moines, IA Exh W 1 196
• 1932-02-14 knocked down a woman and stole her purse. He was arrested, and convicted of his third felony.
• 1932-04 Sentenced to a 40-year prison term as a habitual felon
• 1944-08 paroled
• 1946 sparring partner for Abel Cestac
• 1952 shot by 19-year-old wife (he is 50 years old); they remain married until her death in 1954