Sailor Harold Liston

Name: Sailor Liston
Birth Name: Harold W. Liston
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Died: 1935-03-29 (Age:28)
Pro Boxer: Record

According to an obituary found in the March 30, 1935 edition of the Omaha World, Harold W. "Sailor" Liston, a "former well known middleweight fighter," died at the age of 28 on "Friday forenoon" in his home, which was located in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He had be suffering from a throat infection for more than a year. Liston was survived by his wife, brother and parents. The text of the obituary was posted on Liston's Family Tree page, which can be found on Ancestry.com. The page was created by jmw915.

According to the U.S. Census Records on Ancestry.com, one Harold W. Liston, 23-year-old native of Nebraska and a "City" "Policeman," was living with his 22-year-old wife, Pauline, also a native of Nebraska, in a rented home located in Council Bluffs, Iowa during 1930.

Manager: Jimmy Ray

Sailor Harold Liston (commonly referred to simply as 'Sailor Liston') got his start as an amateur boxing under George Blake at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. He served in World War I aboard the USS Idaho. Source