Phil Knight
Name: Phil Knight
Birth Name: Philip Sheridan Knight
Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Birthplace: Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
Died: 1957-04-10 (Age:70)
Height: 163cm
Pro Boxer: Record
According to an April 13, 1957 news item with a Leavenworth, Kansas dateline in digital form in the April 13, 1957 edition of the Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri), Phil Knight died at the age of 71 on Wednesday (April 10, 1957) at the Veterans Administration hospital in Wadsworth, Kansas. As a professional boxer from Leavenworth, Kansas known as the "Kansas Cyclone," Knight fought many of the top fighters in the lightweight division while being active during the first two decades of the 20th Century. After his boxing career ended, Knight served in the United States Army during World War I.
According to his draft registration card in digital form in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 database on Ancestry.com, one Phillip Knight was born on November 12, 1886 in Leavenworth, Kansas. At the time of his registration in Leavenworth on June 5, 1917, Knight was an unemployed "Clerk" and living in Leavenworth.
According to his draft registration card in digital form in the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 database, one Phillip Sheridan Knight was born on November 12, 1885 in Leavenworth, Kansas. At the time of his registration on April 27, 1942, Knight was residing in the U.S. Veterans Facility in Wadsworth, Kansas. His listed height was 5 feet, 4 inches.
Note- While residing in Kansas City, Missouri, Knight also registered for the World War II draft on September 3, 1943. At the time, he was listed as being born on November 12, 1888 in Leavenworth, Kansas. His listed height was 5 feet, 5-3/4 inches.