Johnny Greco - Revision history

Jack delaney at 19:27, 25 January 2019

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	'''Managers''': [[Abe Elkin]] (1942), [[Desse Green]] & [[Pit Audette]], [[Willie Ketchum]] (1954)<br>		'''Managers''': [[Abe Elkin]] (1942), [[Desse Green]] & [[Pit Audette]], [[Willie Ketchum]] (1954)<br>
	~~[[:Image:Greco.Johnny.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:GrecoJohnny2.jpg\|Photo #3]],~~ [[:File:Greco Tonsils.jpg\|Newspaper article]]		[[:File:Greco Tonsils.jpg\|Newspaper article]]

	'''[[:Category:Johnny Greco Gallery\|Johnny Greco Gallery]]'''		'''[[:Category:Johnny Greco Gallery\|Johnny Greco Gallery]]'''

Jack delaney at 19:23, 25 January 2019

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			'''[[:Category:Johnny Greco Gallery\|Johnny Greco Gallery]]'''

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	[[:Image:Greco.Johnny.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:GrecoJohnny2.jpg\|Photo #3]]		[[:Image:Greco.Johnny.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:GrecoJohnny2.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:File:Greco Tonsils.jpg\|Newspaper article]]

Ric: expanded a bit (60th anniversary of his death)

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	'''Managers''': [[Abe Elkin]] (1942), [[Desse Green]] & [[~~Pete~~ Audette]], [[Willie Ketchum]] (1954)<br>		'''Managers''': [[Abe Elkin]] (1942), [[Desse Green]] & [[Pit Audette]], [[Willie Ketchum]] (1954)<br>
	[[:Image:Greco.Johnny.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:GrecoJohnny2.jpg\|Photo #3]]		[[:Image:Greco.Johnny.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:GrecoJohnny2.jpg\|Photo #3]]

	'''Johnny Greco''' began boxing at the the age of seven at the Griffentown Boys Club in Montreal's West End neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. He was a popular attraction for Montreal promoter [[Raoul Godbout]], as well as a ranked contender in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. He was featured on the covers of the [[Ring Magazine: July 1943\|July 1943]] & [[Ring Magazine: December 1946\|Dec. 1946]] ''The Ring'' magazine. Greco died when his car skidded on ice, crashed into a tree, and he suffered a broken neck. He was survived by ~~both~~ his parents and two sisters.
			'''Johnny Greco''' began boxing at the the age of seven at the Griffentown Boys Club in Montreal's West End neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. He was a popular attraction for Montreal promoter [[Raoul Godbout]], as well as a ranked contender in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. He was featured on the covers of the [[Ring Magazine: July 1943\|July 1943]] & [[Ring Magazine: December 1946\|Dec. 1946]] ''The Ring'' magazine. He had 105 career bouts (14 in [[Madison Square Garden]], with 11 of those as main events), with 13 losses, according to his obituary in the ''New York Times''.

			Greco died when his car skidded on ice in the Montreal suburb of Westmount, crashed into a tree, and he suffered a broken neck. A bachelor, he was survived by his parents and two sisters.

	== Record Issues ==		== Record Issues ==

Ric at 04:30, 5 September 2010

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	'''Johnny Greco''' began boxing at the the age of seven at the Griffentown Boys Club in Montreal's West End neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. He was a popular attraction for Montreal promoter [[Raoul Godbout]], as well as a ranked contender in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. He was featured on the covers of the [[Ring Magazine: July 1943\|July 1943]] & [[Ring Magazine: December 1946\|Dec. 1946]] ''The Ring'' magazine. Greco died ~~in a car accident,~~ when his car skidded on ice ~~and~~ crashed into a tree~~. He~~ suffered a broken neck~~, and died at the scene of the accident~~. He was survived by both his parents and two sisters.		'''Johnny Greco''' began boxing at the the age of seven at the Griffentown Boys Club in Montreal's West End neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. He was a popular attraction for Montreal promoter [[Raoul Godbout]], as well as a ranked contender in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. He was featured on the covers of the [[Ring Magazine: July 1943\|July 1943]] & [[Ring Magazine: December 1946\|Dec. 1946]] ''The Ring'' magazine. Greco died when his car skidded on ice, crashed into a tree, and he suffered a broken neck. He was survived by both his parents and two sisters.

	== Record Issues ==		== Record Issues ==

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	'''Managers''': [[Abe Elkin]] (1942), [[Desse Green]] & [[Pete Audette]], [[Willie Ketchum]] (1954)<br>		'''Managers''': [[Abe Elkin]] (1942), [[Desse Green]] & [[Pete Audette]], [[Willie Ketchum]] (1954)<br>
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	'''Johnny Greco''' began boxing at the the age of seven at the Griffentown Boys Club in Montreal's West End neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. He was a popular attraction for Montreal promoter [[Raoul Godbout]], as well as a ranked contender in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. He was featured on the covers of the [[Ring Magazine: July 1943\|July 1943]] & [[Ring Magazine: December 1946\|Dec. 1946]] ''The Ring'' magazine. Greco died in a car accident, when his car skidded on ice and crashed into a tree. He suffered a broken neck, and died at the scene of the accident. He was survived by both his parents and two sisters.		'''Johnny Greco''' began boxing at the the age of seven at the Griffentown Boys Club in Montreal's West End neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. He was a popular attraction for Montreal promoter [[Raoul Godbout]], as well as a ranked contender in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. He was featured on the covers of the [[Ring Magazine: July 1943\|July 1943]] & [[Ring Magazine: December 1946\|Dec. 1946]] ''The Ring'' magazine. Greco died in a car accident, when his car skidded on ice and crashed into a tree. He suffered a broken neck, and died at the scene of the accident. He was survived by both his parents and two sisters.

Ric: formatted

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	'''Managers''': [[Abe Elkin]] (1942), [[Desse Green]] & [[Pete Audette]], [[Willie Ketchum]] (1954)		'''Managers''': [[Abe Elkin]] (1942), [[Desse Green]] & [[Pete Audette]], [[Willie Ketchum]] (1954)<br>
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	* Another [[:Image:Greco~~.Johnny.jpg\|photo]]~~		'''Johnny Greco''' began boxing at the the age of seven at the Griffentown Boys Club in Montreal's West End neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. He was a popular attraction for Montreal promoter [[Raoul Godbout]], as well as a ranked contender in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. He was featured on the covers of the [[Ring Magazine: July 1943\|July 1943]] & [[Ring Magazine: December 1946\|Dec. 1946]] ''The Ring'' magazine. Greco died in a car accident, when his car skidded on ice and crashed into a tree. He suffered a broken neck, and died at the scene of the accident. He was survived by both his parents and two sisters.
	* Began boxing at the the age of seven at the Griffentown Boys Club in Montreal's West End neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. He was a popular attraction for Montreal promoter [[Raoul Godbout]], as well as a ranked contender in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions.
	* Featured on the covers of the [[Ring Magazine: July 1943\|July 1943]] & [[Ring Magazine: December 1946\|Dec. 1946]] ''The Ring'' magazine
	* Greco died in a car accident, when his car skidded on ice and crashed into a tree. He suffered a broken neck, and died at the scene of the accident. He was survived by both his parents and two sisters.

	== Record Issues ==		== Record Issues ==
	The following bouts were not found in the Toronto Globe & Mail:		The following bouts were not found in the ''Toronto Globe & Mail'':
	*October 21, 1940, Fred Perry, Toronto, KO 1		*October 21, 1940, Fred Perry, Toronto, KO 1
	*November 28, 1940, Art Foster, Toronto, L 6		*November 28, 1940, Art Foster, Toronto, L 6

Matt at 18:48, 14 January 2010

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	'''Managers''': [[Abe Elkin]] (1942), [[Desse Green]] & [[Pete Audette]]		'''Managers''': [[Abe Elkin]] (1942), [[Desse Green]] & [[Pete Audette]], [[Willie Ketchum]] (1954)
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	*December 7, 1940, Art Foster, Toronto, W 6		*December 7, 1940, Art Foster, Toronto, W 6
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			[[Category: Canadian Boxing Federation Welterweight Champions]]

Matt at 04:23, 14 July 2008

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	*November 28, 1940, Art Foster, Toronto, L 6		*November 28, 1940, Art Foster, Toronto, L 6
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			*April 25, 1941, Art Foster, Toronto W 6