Joey August
Name: Joey August
Birth Name: Joseph Michael August
Hometown: Spokane, Washington, USA
Birthplace: Spokane, Washington, USA
Died: 1996-11-23 (Age:81)
Height: 168cm
Matchmaker: Record
Promoter: Record
Judge: Record
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Officiating Record: Judge
Officiating Record: Referee
Manager: Jack Brackey
Joey August had an extensive amateur career during the early-to-mid 1930s, boxing out of Spokane and later the University of Idaho in Moscow where his brother, Louis, was the boxing coach.
He was the Intermountain representative at the 1936 Olympic Trials in Chicago.
From the late 1940s through the 1960s he was a referee in the State of Washington, working in Eastern Washington locations such as Spokane, Walla Walla, and the Tri-Cities.
He was also the coach of the Gonzaga University boxing team when it was co-national champion in 1950.
Inductee in to the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame in the Coaches Category.