Willie Cappelli

Name: Willie Cappelli
Alias: Billy Cappelle
Birth Name: William Cappelle/Capello
Hometown: San Pedro, California, USA
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died: 1948-12-12 (Age:56)
Pro Boxer: Record

According to the California Death Index database of Ancestry.com, one William Cappelle was born on August 9, 1892 in "Other Country" and died on December 12, 1948 in Los Angeles County, California. His mother's maiden last name was "Rusolo."

According to the World War I Draft Registration database, one William Miam Cappelle was born on August 9, 1892 in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada and was a self-employed chauffeur in San Pedro, California.

According to the magazine Our Navy, Volume 15, p. 21, 237, April/May 1922, Cappelle defeated Abe "the Newsboy" Hollandersky at Firman Park in San Pedro, California in a professional match in February of 1922. Both men were at the end of long careers as boxers, though Hollandersky would continue as an exhibition fighter. Hollandersky would later live in Los Angeles operating a store in Long Beach on Seaside Boulevard. The "Our Navy" article printed Cappelle's name as Billy Capelle.