Fighting Billy Murray - Revision history

Joshua at 01:10, 17 April 2026

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	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 John Henry Marks was born on April 18, 1890 in Petaluma, California. At the time of his registration on May 31, 1917, he was a self-employed farmer in Trenton, California.		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 John Henry Marks was born on April 18, 1890 in Petaluma, California. At the time of his registration on May 31, 1917, he was a self-employed farmer in Trenton, California.

			According to the Arizona Republican of January 14, 1922 Fighting Billy Murray had 227 career bouts.

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Chuck1052 at 15:25, 2 June 2018

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	According to his death certificate in digital form in the Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1950 database on Ancestry.com, one John H. Marks was born on April 18, 1892 in California and died after a six-year bout with tuberculosis on March 4, 1926 at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He had resided in Tucson for three years. The listed informant on the certificate was his wife, Willa.		According to his death certificate in digital form in the Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1950 database on Ancestry.com, one John H. Marks was born on April 18, 1892 in California and died after a six-year bout with tuberculosis on March 4, 1926 at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He had resided in Tucson for three years. The listed informant on the certificate was his wife, Willa.

	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 John Henry Marks was born on April 18, ~~1892~~ in Petaluma, California. At the time of his registration on May 31, 1917, he was a self-employed farmer in Trenton, California.		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 John Henry Marks was born on April 18, 1890 in Petaluma, California. At the time of his registration on May 31, 1917, he was a self-employed farmer in Trenton, California.
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Chuck1052 at 01:28, 25 March 2017

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	According to the Find A Grave website, one John H. Marks was born on April 18, 1892 and died on March 4, 1926. He is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park in Tucson, Arizona. According to his tombstone, Marks was also known as "Fighting Billie Murray" and was born in Petaluma, California.		According to the Find A Grave website, one John H. Marks was born on April 18, 1892 and died on March 4, 1926. He is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park in Tucson, Arizona. According to his tombstone, Marks was also known as "Fighting Billie Murray" and was born in Petaluma, California.

	According to his death certificate in digital form in the Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1950 database on Ancestry.com, one John H. Marks was born on April 18, 1892 in California and died after a six-year bout with tuberculosis on March 4, 1926 at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He had resided in Tucson for three years. The listed informant on the certificate was his wife, Willa.		According to his death certificate in digital form in the Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1950 database on Ancestry.com, one John H. Marks was born on April 18, 1892 in California and died after a six-year bout with tuberculosis on March 4, 1926 at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He had resided in Tucson for three years. The listed informant on the certificate was his wife, Willa.

			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 John Henry Marks was born on April 18, 1892 in Petaluma, California. At the time of his registration on May 31, 1917, he was a self-employed farmer in Trenton, California.
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Chuck1052 at 01:20, 25 March 2017

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	<small>Bouts of 1912-1913 come from T. S. Andrews's WORLD'S ANNUAL SPORTING RECORDS (1915), pp. 171-172.</small>		<small>Bouts of 1912-1913 come from T. S. Andrews's WORLD'S ANNUAL SPORTING RECORDS (1915), pp. 171-172.</small>

			According to the Find A Grave website, one John H. Marks was born on April 18, 1892 and died on March 4, 1926. He is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park in Tucson, Arizona. According to his tombstone, Marks was also known as "Fighting Billie Murray" and was born in Petaluma, California.

			According to his death certificate in digital form in the Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1950 database on Ancestry.com, one John H. Marks was born on April 18, 1892 in California and died after a six-year bout with tuberculosis on March 4, 1926 at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He had resided in Tucson for three years. The listed informant on the certificate was his wife, Willa.

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Ric: 2nd Stanley Ketchel

2013-07-05T17:13:51Z

2nd Stanley Ketchel

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	'''Fighting Billy Murray''', born John H. Marques [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1916-02-14/ed-1/seq-2/], former Middleweight Champion of the Pacific Coast, was of Portuguese descent. He earned the nickname ''Billy Murray'' from his parents after he kept asking them to play phonograph records of songs by a Billy Murray over and over again. He kept the name when he began boxing. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1914-04-14/ed-1/seq-2/]		'''Fighting Billy Murray''', born John H. Marques [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1916-02-14/ed-1/seq-2/], former Middleweight Champion of the Pacific Coast, was of Portuguese descent. He earned the nickname ''Billy Murray'' from his parents after he kept asking them to play phonograph records of songs by a Billy Murray over and over again. He kept the name when he began boxing. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1914-04-14/ed-1/seq-2/]

	Murray was managed by [[Jack Kearns]]]. Kearns took Murray on an Australian tour in 1915. When they returned from Australia, they parted ways. Kearns would then become vocally critical of Murray's fighting. (See the ''Tacoma Daily News'', for example.) Murray then took on Paul (Gloomy) Granstrom as his manager. (Kearns soon after found and took on future champion [[Jack Dempsey]] as a client.)		Murray was managed by [[Jack Kearns]]. Murray was labeled a "second [[Stanley Ketchel]]" by 1914. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1914-03-30/ed-1/seq-2/] Kearns took Murray on an Australian tour in 1915. When they returned from Australia, they parted ways. Kearns would then become vocally critical of Murray's fighting. (See the ''Tacoma Daily News'', for example.) Murray then took on Paul (Gloomy) Granstrom as his manager. (Kearns soon after found and took on future champion [[Jack Dempsey]] as a client.)

	By January 27, 1922, according to local newspapers of the time, Murray was seriously ill in a Los Angeles sanitarium.		By January 27, 1922, according to local newspapers of the time, Murray was seriously ill in a Los Angeles sanitarium.

Ric: how he got BM name

2013-07-03T16:51:05Z

how he got BM name

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	'''Fighting Billy Murray''', born John H. Marques [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1916-02-14/ed-1/seq-2/], former Middleweight Champion of the Pacific Coast, was of ~~Portugese~~ descent.		'''Fighting Billy Murray''', born John H. Marques [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1916-02-14/ed-1/seq-2/], former Middleweight Champion of the Pacific Coast, was of Portuguese descent. He earned the nickname ''Billy Murray'' from his parents after he kept asking them to play phonograph records of songs by a Billy Murray over and over again. He kept the name when he began boxing. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1914-04-14/ed-1/seq-2/]

	~~When he and manager~~ Jack Kearns ~~got back~~ from Australia, they parted ways. Kearns would then be critical of Murray's fighting. (See the ''Tacoma Daily News'', for example.) Murray then took on Paul (Gloomy) Granstrom as manager.		Murray was managed by [[Jack Kearns]]]. Kearns took Murray on an Australian tour in 1915. When they returned from Australia, they parted ways. Kearns would then become vocally critical of Murray's fighting. (See the ''Tacoma Daily News'', for example.) Murray then took on Paul (Gloomy) Granstrom as his manager. (Kearns soon after found and took on future champion [[Jack Dempsey]] as a client.)
	Kearns ~~then immediately~~ found and took on future champion [[Jack Dempsey]] as a client.

	~~By January 27, 1922, according to local newspapers of the time, Murray was seriously ill in a Los Angeles sanitarium.~~

			By January 27, 1922, according to local newspapers of the time, Murray was seriously ill in a Los Angeles sanitarium.
	He died at his home in Tucson, Arizona, March 4, 1926 of tuberculosis, which he contracted while serving in World War I. He was a Veterans Bureau patient at this time.		He died at his home in Tucson, Arizona, March 4, 1926 of tuberculosis, which he contracted while serving in World War I. He was a Veterans Bureau patient at this time.

Ric at 02:35, 2 July 2013

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	~~Former~~ Middleweight Champion of the Pacific Coast.		'''Fighting Billy Murray''', born John H. Marques [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1916-02-14/ed-1/seq-2/], former Middleweight Champion of the Pacific Coast, was of Portugese descent.
	He was of Portugese descent.

	When he and manager Jack Kearns got back from Australia, they parted ways.		When he and manager Jack Kearns got back from Australia, they parted ways. Kearns would then be critical of Murray's fighting. (See the ''Tacoma Daily News'', for example.) Murray then took on Paul (Gloomy) Granstrom as manager.
	Kearns would then be critical of Murray's fighting.		Kearns then immediately found and took on future champion [[Jack Dempsey]] as a client.
	See the ~~TACOMA DAILY NEWS~~, for example.
	Murray then took on Paul (Gloomy) Granstrom as manager.
	Kearns then immediately found and took on future champion Jack Dempsey as a client.

	By January 27, 1922, according to local newspapers of the time, Murray was seriously ill in a Los Angeles sanitarium.		By January 27, 1922, according to local newspapers of the time, Murray was seriously ill in a Los Angeles sanitarium.

	He died at his home in Tucson, Arizona, March 4, 1926 of tuberculosis, which he contracted while serving in World War I.		He died at his home in Tucson, Arizona, March 4, 1926 of tuberculosis, which he contracted while serving in World War I. He was a Veterans Bureau patient at this time.
	He was a Veterans Bureau patient at this time.

	Bouts of 1912-1913 come from T. S. Andrews's WORLD'S ANNUAL SPORTING RECORDS (1915), pp. 171-172.		<small>Bouts of 1912-1913 come from T. S. Andrews's WORLD'S ANNUAL SPORTING RECORDS (1915), pp. 171-172.</small>

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Matt at 02:16, 14 April 2010

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Matt at 17:37, 1 February 2010

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	Bouts of 1912-1913 come from T. S. Andrews's WORLD'S ANNUAL SPORTING RECORDS (1915), pp. 171-172.		Bouts of 1912-1913 come from T. S. Andrews's WORLD'S ANNUAL SPORTING RECORDS (1915), pp. 171-172.

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Ric: image added

2006-10-28T15:09:55Z

image added

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	Former Middleweight Champion of the Pacific Coast.		Former Middleweight Champion of the Pacific Coast.
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	He died at his home in Tucson, Arizona, March 4, 1926 of tuberculosis, which he contracted while serving in World War I.		He died at his home in Tucson, Arizona, March 4, 1926 of tuberculosis, which he contracted while serving in World War I.
	He was a Veterans Bureau patient at this time.		He was a Veterans Bureau patient at this time.


	Bouts of 1912-1913 come from T. S. Andrews's WORLD'S ANNUAL SPORTING RECORDS (1915), pp. 171-172.		Bouts of 1912-1913 come from T. S. Andrews's WORLD'S ANNUAL SPORTING RECORDS (1915), pp. 171-172.