Tommy Houck

Name: Tommy Houck
Birth Name: Howard Thomas Houck
Hometown: New York, New York, USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1948-07-10 (Age:57)
Height: 169cm
Pro Boxer: Record

According to a news item in the July 14, 1948 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) on Newspapers.com, Howard "Joseph" Houck, 58 years of age, "died suddenly on Saturday (July 10, 1948) at Beverly Hills, Calif." while on a visit there. Known professionally as Tommy Houck, Houck was a featherweight boxer, facing the likes of Johnny Dundee, Tommy O'Toole and Benny Leonard during his career. He was survived by a sister and two brothers, including Willie, a former boxer and a leading Philadelphia referee.

According to the California, Death Index, 1940-1997 database on Ancestry.com, one Howard Thomas Houck was born on April 3, 1890 in Pennsylvania and died on July 11, 1948 in Los Angeles County, California.

According to his registration card on the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 database on Ancestry.com, one Howard Thomas Houck, a 51-year-old unemployed man, was born on April 3, 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of his registration on April 25, 1942, Houck was residing in New York, New York. He was 5 feet, seven inches tall, weighed 165 pounds and had a "scar" on his nose.

According to his registration card on the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 database on Ancestry.com, one Howard Thomas Houck, 26 years of age, was born on April 3, 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and had a wife and two children while residing in New York, New York at the time of his registration on June 6, 1917. He was 5 feet, 6-1/2 inches tall and worked for William Brady in the "Theatraical" trade.

Most of this record is courtesy of Paul Zabala, International Boxing Research Organization, IBRO Journal #75 (Sept. 22, 2002), pp. 77-78; as updated by Chuck Hasson in IBRO Journal #76.