Tex Rickard - Revision history

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	'''[[:Category:Tex Rickard Gallery\|Tex Rickard Image Gallery]]'''		'''[[:Category:Tex Rickard Gallery\|Tex Rickard Image Gallery]]'''


	'''Tex Rickard''' was the most famous American boxing promoter of the early Twentieth Century.		'''Tex Rickard''' was the most famous American boxing promoter of the early Twentieth Century.
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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	*BoxingBiographies.com: [http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=30]		*BoxingBiographies.com: [http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=30]
	*''Tex Rickard: Boxing’s Greatest Promoter'' 2012 biography: [http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=6247]		*''Tex Rickard: Boxing’s Greatest Promoter'' (2012 biography): [http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=6247]
			*"Tex Says He's Through With Fighting" (August 1910 ''San Francisco Call'' newspaper article): [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1910-08-12/ed-1/seq-10/]

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	[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 1990<br>Non-Participant Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/nonparticipant/rickard.html click]]]		[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 1990<br>Non-Participant Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/nonparticipant/rickard.html click]]]
	[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]		[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
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	'''[[:Category:Tex Rickard Gallery\|Tex Rickard Gallery]]		'''[[:Category:Tex Rickard Gallery\|Tex Rickard Image Gallery]]'''

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	'''Tex Rickard''' was the most famous American boxing promoter of the early Twentieth Century.		'''Tex Rickard''' was the most famous American boxing promoter of the early Twentieth Century.

	His father, a millwright, had moved his family to Texas when Rickard was about five-years-old. His mother was Mrs. Lon Jane Austin, who spent her final years in Seattle, WA (see the August 8, 1930 ''Bellingham Evening News'' of Bellingham, WA, USA, for a photo of [[Jack Dempsey]] and Mrs. Austin.)		His father, a millwright, had moved his family to Texas when Rickard was about five-years-old. His mother was Mrs. Lon Jane Austin, who spent her final years in Seattle, WA (see the August 8, 1930 ''Bellingham Evening News'' of Bellingham, WA, USA, for a photo of [[Jack Dempsey]] and Mrs. Austin.)
	~~[[file:Rickard.Tex.jpg\|right\|200px\|thumb\|]]~~
	Rickard claimed to have been a cowboy who herded cattle from Texas to Montana and Kansas City. He was Town Marshall of Henrietta, Texas, and a Klondike Gold Rush prospector and gambling house proprietor. After leaving Alaska, he went to San Francisco, then Nevada’s Tonopah and Goldfield gold fields as a purchasing agent for big mining companies, where he opened a gambling house.		Rickard claimed to have been a cowboy who herded cattle from Texas to Montana and Kansas City. He was Town Marshall of Henrietta, Texas, and a Klondike Gold Rush prospector and gambling house proprietor. After leaving Alaska, he went to San Francisco, then Nevada’s Tonopah and Goldfield gold fields as a purchasing agent for big mining companies, where he opened a gambling house.

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	He died January 6, 1929, in Miami Beach, Florida, of complications following an appendectomy.		He died January 6, 1929, in Miami Beach, Florida, of complications following an appendectomy.

	~~----~~		<small>Source for most of the early facts posted above: Rickard’s autobiographical series of articles, as published January 2 through February 21, 1924 in the ''Spokane Spokesman-Review'' newspaper (Spokane, WA, USA).</small>

	Source for most of the early facts posted above: Rickard’s autobiographical series of articles, as published January 2 through February 21, 1924 in the ''Spokane Spokesman-Review'' newspaper (Spokane, WA, USA).


	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

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	[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]		[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
	~~'''Birth Name''': George Lewis “Tex" Rickard~~<br>		<human>413113</human>
	~~'''Born''': January 2, 1870~~<~~br>~~
	~~'''Birthplace''': Kansas City, MO, USA<br>~~
	~~'''Died''': January 6, 1929<br>~~
	~~'''Age at Death''': 59<br~~>
	'''[[:Category:Tex Rickard Gallery\|Tex Rickard Gallery]]		'''[[:Category:Tex Rickard Gallery\|Tex Rickard Gallery]]

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	'''Tex Rickard''' was the most famous boxing promoter of the early Twentieth Century. His father, a millwright, had moved his family to Texas when Rickard was about five-years-old. His mother was Mrs. Lon Jane Austin, who spent her final years in Seattle, WA (see the August 8, 1930 ''Bellingham Evening News'' of Bellingham, WA, USA, for a photo of [[Jack Dempsey]] and Mrs. Austin.)		'''Tex Rickard''' was the most famous American boxing promoter of the early Twentieth Century.
	[[file:Rickard.Tex.jpg\|right\|200px\|~~"Tex" Rickard~~]]
			His father, a millwright, had moved his family to Texas when Rickard was about five-years-old. His mother was Mrs. Lon Jane Austin, who spent her final years in Seattle, WA (see the August 8, 1930 ''Bellingham Evening News'' of Bellingham, WA, USA, for a photo of [[Jack Dempsey]] and Mrs. Austin.)
			[[file:Rickard.Tex.jpg\|right\|200px\|thumb\|]]
	Rickard claimed to have been a cowboy who herded cattle from Texas to Montana and Kansas City. He was Town Marshall of Henrietta, Texas, and a Klondike Gold Rush prospector and gambling house proprietor. After leaving Alaska, he went to San Francisco, then Nevada’s Tonopah and Goldfield gold fields as a purchasing agent for big mining companies, where he opened a gambling house.		Rickard claimed to have been a cowboy who herded cattle from Texas to Montana and Kansas City. He was Town Marshall of Henrietta, Texas, and a Klondike Gold Rush prospector and gambling house proprietor. After leaving Alaska, he went to San Francisco, then Nevada’s Tonopah and Goldfield gold fields as a purchasing agent for big mining companies, where he opened a gambling house.

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	He died January 6, 1929, in Miami Beach, Florida, of complications following an appendectomy.		He died January 6, 1929, in Miami Beach, Florida, of complications following an appendectomy.

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	Source for most of the early facts posted above: Rickard’s autobiographical series of articles, as published January 2 through February 21, 1924 in the ''Spokane Spokesman-Review'' newspaper (Spokane, WA, USA).		Source for most of the early facts posted above: Rickard’s autobiographical series of articles, as published January 2 through February 21, 1924 in the ''Spokane Spokesman-Review'' newspaper (Spokane, WA, USA).
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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	*Shows that Rickard promoted: [http://207.44.250.6/prom_list.php?promoter_id=54]
	*BoxingBiographies.com: [http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=30]		*BoxingBiographies.com: [http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=30]
	*''Tex Rickard: Boxing’s Greatest Promoter'' 2012 biography: [http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=6247]		*''Tex Rickard: Boxing’s Greatest Promoter'' 2012 biography: [http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=6247]

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	'''Birthplace''': Kansas City, MO, USA<br>		'''Birthplace''': Kansas City, MO, USA<br>
	'''Died''': January 6, 1929<br>		'''Died''': January 6, 1929<br>
	'''Age at Death''': 59		'''Age at Death''': 59<br>
			'''[[:Category:Tex Rickard Gallery\|Tex Rickard Gallery]]

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2012-06-22T23:44:28Z

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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	Shows Rickard [http://207.44.250.6/prom_list.php?promoter_id=54 ~~promoted~~]~~<br>~~		*Shows that Rickard promoted: [http://207.44.250.6/prom_list.php?promoter_id=54]
	~~[boxingbiographies~~.com http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=30]		*BoxingBiographies.com: [http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=30]
			*''Tex Rickard: Boxing’s Greatest Promoter'' 2012 biography: [http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=6247]

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2010-05-31T01:55:35Z

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	[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 1990<br>Non-Participant Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/nonparticipant/rickard.html click]]]		[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 1990<br>Non-Participant Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/nonparticipant/rickard.html click]]]
			[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
	'''Birth Name''': George Lewis “Tex" Rickard<br>		'''Birth Name''': George Lewis “Tex" Rickard<br>
	'''Born''': January 2, 1870<br>		'''Born''': January 2, 1870<br>

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2009-03-24T22:44:17Z

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	'''Birth Name''': George Lewis “Tex" Rickard<br>		'''Birth Name''': George Lewis “Tex" Rickard<br>
	'''Born''': January 2, 1870<br>		'''Born''': January 2, 1870<br>
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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	Shows Rickard [http://207.44.250.6/prom_list.php?promoter_id=54 promoted]<br>		Shows Rickard [http://207.44.250.6/prom_list.php?promoter_id=54 promoted]<br>
	~~[http://www.ibhof.com/rickard.htm IBHOF Biography]<br>~~
	[boxingbiographies.com http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=30]		[boxingbiographies.com http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=30]
	[[Category:Promoters~~\|Rickard, Tex~~]]
	[[Category:IBHOF Members~~\|Rickard, Tex~~]]		{{DEFAULTSORT:Rickard, Tex}}
	[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members~~\|Rickard, Tex~~]]		[[Category:Promoters]]
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			[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]

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External Links

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	Shows Rickard [http://207.44.250.6/prom_list.php?promoter_id=54 promoted]<br>		Shows Rickard [http://207.44.250.6/prom_list.php?promoter_id=54 promoted]<br>
	[http://www.ibhof.com/rickard.htm IBHOF Biography]<br>		[http://www.ibhof.com/rickard.htm IBHOF Biography]<br>
			[boxingbiographies.com http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=30]
	[[Category:Promoters\|Rickard, Tex]]		[[Category:Promoters\|Rickard, Tex]]
	[[Category:IBHOF Members\|Rickard, Tex]]		[[Category:IBHOF Members\|Rickard, Tex]]
	[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members\|Rickard, Tex]]		[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members\|Rickard, Tex]]

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	'''Birth Name''': George Lewis “Tex" Rickard<br>		'''Birth Name''': George Lewis “Tex" Rickard<br>
	'''Born''': January 2, 1870<br>		'''Born''': January 2, 1870<br>

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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	Shows Rickard [http://207.44.250.6/prom_list.php?promoter_id=54 promoted]<br>		Shows Rickard [http://207.44.250.6/prom_list.php?promoter_id=54 promoted]<br>
	~~[http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/c_t/people/glRICKARD.cfm Biography]<br>~~
	[http://www.ibhof.com/rickard.htm IBHOF Biography]<br>		[http://www.ibhof.com/rickard.htm IBHOF Biography]<br>