Sam Collyer

Name: Sam Collyer
Birth Name: Walter Jamieson
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birthplace: Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France
Died: 1904-12-07 (Age:62)
Height: 166cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Sam Collyer competed as a pedestrian after his ring career. He lived in Brooklyn for most of his life, but then moved to Baltimore and opened a bar.

1866
Mar 26 Mike Carr                  Rock Creek, Md                    W 14
          -Some sources report "W 10" on "4/27/66" at "Baltimore, Md"
           Some sources report "TK 22" on "3/16/76" at "Richmond, Va"

May  8 Horatio "Race" Bolster     Alexandria, Va                   TK 49
Jun 20 "Young" Barney Aaron       Pohick Landing, Va               TK 47
          -Lightweight Championship of America;
           Some sources report 6/21/66 at "Poe Creek Landing, Va"

Sep  7 Johnny Lafferty            Alexandria, Va                   TK 39
          -Lightweight Championship of America

1867

Jan 15 Johnny McGlade             Goldsboro, Pa                    TK 47
          -Lightweight Championship of America

Jun 13 "Young" Barney Aaron       Aqua Creek, WV                   LT 67
          -Lightweight Championship of America

          -Collyer claimed the Lightweight Championship of America  when Aaron retired


Aug 21 -Collyer performed in Brooklyn, NY with his sons,   Dan and Eddie; Likely, he sparred

Nov 27 Billy Kelly                Strickland, Pa                   TK 36
          -Lightweight Championship of America;

1868
Aug 24 Billy Edwards              Cove River, Va                   LT 34
          -Lightweight Championship of America

1870
Mar  2 Billy Edwards              Mystic Island, Ct                LT 41

          -Lightweight Championship of America

Jul 19 Johnny Lafferty            Quindoro, Mo                     KO 21

1872

Nov 23 Patsy Maguire              Little Rock, Ar                  WF  7 

1874
Aug  1 Billy Edwards              Smith's Ferry, Va                 L 11


1876
       Jem Mace                                                     L   



1877-1878
          -Collyer was in prison

1879
May 12 -sam & Billy Edwards got into an argument at Charles F. Ottignon's Benefit in Bklyn



1882

Jan    an unnamed opponent        Philadelphia, Pa                 EX   

          -This bout was held during late Jan-early Feb 1882

Mar 28 Driscoll                   Jersey City, NJ                  EX   
Jul  8 John Lydon                 New York, NY                     EX   



1883
Mar  5 Mike Mullery               New York, NY                     EX   
Apr  9 Pat Jourdan                New York, NY                     EX   



1886
Mar 16 Mike Carr                  Baltimore, Md                    KO 14

1887
Feb 21 Con Dugan                  Brooklyn, NY                     EX  3
Apr 21 Tom Bruce                  Brooklyn, NY                     EX   

1888
Dec 17 Jack McAuliffe             Brooklyn, NY                     LK  2

1891
Apr 27 Johnny Stuart              Brooklyn, NY                     EX  3

1892
Dec 30 Johnny Stuart              Brooklyn, NY                      D  4


Undated

          -Collyer competed as a pedestrian after he retired from the ring</pre?