Freddie Storbeck - Revision history

Ric at 18:36, 13 December 2009

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	Freddie Storbeck (August John Frederick) Born: 29 ~~march~~ 1928 Died: July 1998.
	Fought fifteen fights as a professional between 1946 and 1951, his last fight against Ronnie Meyer in Germiston April 20, 1951. He was trained by Joe Rosella most of his ~~proffesional~~ career. He was born near Bloemhof and spent his childhood on the diamond fields in South Africa. The family settled in La Rochelle in the South of Johannesburg and ~~Freddie~~ joined Booysens boxing club. He came from a long line of boxers including Fred, Bob, Alec and Harry Storbeck. After retiring from the ring, he continued training several boxers. The likes of Dawid Hamman and Johnny van der Colff being some of the most notable. "Oom Fred" maintained good relationships with all and sundry in the boxing fraternity, and over the years his children became used to having illustrious boxing names as houseguests. The animated boxing talk on these occasions, was something that fascinated all the kids around the table. Until the sixties a boxing ring was a permanent feature in the Storbeck backyard, and many a dispute was settled once and for all, with "Oom Fred", being the referee.		Freddie Storbeck (August John Frederick) Born: 29 March 1928 Died: July 1998. To be distinguished from [[Fred Storbeck]].

			Fought fifteen fights as a professional between 1946 and 1951, his last fight against Ronnie Meyer in Germiston April 20, 1951. He was trained by Joe Rosella most of his professional career. He was born near Bloemhof and spent his childhood on the diamond fields in South Africa. The family settled in La Rochelle in the South of Johannesburg and Storbeck joined the Booysens boxing club. He came from a long line of boxers including Fred, Bob, Alec and Harry Storbeck.

			After retiring from the ring, he continued training several boxers. The likes of Dawid Hamman and Johnny van der Colff being some of the most notable. "Oom Fred" maintained good relationships with all and sundry in the boxing fraternity, and over the years his children became used to having illustrious boxing names as houseguests. The animated boxing talk on these occasions was something that fascinated all the kids around the table. Until the sixties a boxing ring was a permanent feature in the Storbeck backyard, and many a dispute was settled once and for all, with "Oom Fred" being the referee.

Boxingson at 20:25, 6 September 2007

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	Freddie Storbeck (August John Frederick)~~born~~: 29 march 1928 ~~died~~: July 1998.		Freddie Storbeck (August John Frederick) Born: 29 march 1928 Died: July 1998.
	~~Fought as amateur for Booysens boxing club.~~ Fought fifteen fights as a professional between 1946 and 1951, his last fight ~~came~~ against Ronnie Meyer in Germiston April 20, 1951. He ~~fought under~~ Joe Rosella most of his proffesional career. He was born in Bloemhof and spent his childhood on the diamond fields in South Africa. He came from a long line of boxers including Fred, Bob, Alec and Harry Storbeck.		Fought fifteen fights as a professional between 1946 and 1951, his last fight against Ronnie Meyer in Germiston April 20, 1951. He was trained by Joe Rosella most of his proffesional career. He was born near Bloemhof and spent his childhood on the diamond fields in South Africa. The family settled in La Rochelle in the South of Johannesburg and Freddie joined Booysens boxing club. He came from a long line of boxers including Fred, Bob, Alec and Harry Storbeck. After retiring from the ring, he continued training several boxers. The likes of Dawid Hamman and Johnny van der Colff being some of the most notable. "Oom Fred" maintained good relationships with all and sundry in the boxing fraternity, and over the years his children became used to having illustrious boxing names as houseguests. The animated boxing talk on these occasions, was something that fascinated all the kids around the table. Until the sixties a boxing ring was a permanent feature in the Storbeck backyard, and many a dispute was settled once and for all, with "Oom Fred", being the referee.

Matt at 21:11, 5 September 2007

2007-09-05T21:11:23Z

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	Freddie Storbeck (August John Frederick)born: 29 march 1928 died: July 1998.		Freddie Storbeck (August John Frederick)born: 29 march 1928 died: July 1998.
	Fought as amateur for Booysens boxing club. Fought fifteen fights as ~~proffesional~~ between 1946 and 1951, his last fight against Ronnie Meyer in Germiston April ~~twentieth~~. He fought under Joe Rosella most of his proffesional career. He was born in Bloemhof and spent his childhood on the diamond fields in South Africa. He came from a long line of ~~Boxers~~ including Fred, Bob, Alec and Harry Storbeck.		Fought as amateur for Booysens boxing club. Fought fifteen fights as a professional between 1946 and 1951, his last fight came against Ronnie Meyer in Germiston April 20, 1951. He fought under Joe Rosella most of his proffesional career. He was born in Bloemhof and spent his childhood on the diamond fields in South Africa. He came from a long line of boxers including Fred, Bob, Alec and Harry Storbeck.

Matt: Freddie storbeck moved to Freddie Storbeck

2007-09-05T21:09:32Z

Freddie storbeck moved to Freddie Storbeck

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Boxingson: New page: Freddie Storbeck (August John Frederick)born: 29 march 1928 died: July 1998. Fought as amateur for Booysens boxing club. Fought fifteen fights as proffesional between 1946 and 1951, his la...

2007-09-05T19:03:44Z

New page: Freddie Storbeck (August John Frederick)born: 29 march 1928 died: July 1998. Fought as amateur for Booysens boxing club. Fought fifteen fights as proffesional between 1946 and 1951, his la...

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Freddie Storbeck (August John Frederick)born: 29 march 1928 died: July 1998.
Fought as amateur for Booysens boxing club. Fought fifteen fights as proffesional between 1946 and 1951, his last fight against Ronnie Meyer in Germiston April twentieth. He fought under Joe Rosella most of his proffesional career. He was born in Bloemhof and spent his childhood on the diamond fields in South Africa. He came from a long line of Boxers including Fred, Bob, Alec and Harry Storbeck.