Norman Weaver

Manager

• Very early manager for future World Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey
• October 18, 1924, newspapers reported that Weaver, 42, was accidentally shot dead while duck-hunting 19 miles southwest of Pueblo, Colorado. He and a companion, Howard Walker, 22, were sitting in separate boats, when Walker laid down his shotgun to pick up the oars to row when it discharged, the shots hitting Weaver in the face. He died several hours later.