Victor McLaglen - Revision history

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	'''Division''': Heavyweight<br>		'''Division''': Heavyweight<br>
	'''Managers''': [[George Williams]]; ? Bettison<br>		'''Managers''': [[George Williams]]; ? Bettison<br>
	[[:Image:McLaglen.Victor.jpg\|Photo]] of McLaglen as "Sharkey" McLaglen; [[:File:Vic McLaglen.jpg\|Photo 2]]		[[:Image:McLaglen.Victor.jpg\|Photo]] of McLaglen as "Sharkey" McLaglen; [[:File:Vic McLaglen.jpg\|Photo 3]], [[:File:Victor McLaglen.jpeg\|Photo 4]]


	According to accounts by the ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA) when '''Victor McLaglen''' was living in the city, he had enlisted in the English Army when he was 14 years-old. He became a member of King Edward's Life Guard. He purchased his discharge after serving three years. McLaglen arrived in Vancouver, B.C., Canada in late 1907. He came with his elder brother, Leopold, and apparently their younger brother, Arthur. (Arthur became a [[Arthur (Young) McLaglen\|boxer]] himself.) They had come from South Africa, where they had been professional wrestlers. There was also an older brother, Fred. According to the Feb. 11, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Fred was sentenced to 30 days jail in Winnipeg for robbing someone of $80.00. He formerly had been on the Winnipeg police force. Fred became a boxer, too, taking on the ring name of [[Fred McKay]].		According to accounts by the ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA) when '''Victor McLaglen''' was living in the city, he had enlisted in the English Army when he was 14 years-old. He became a member of King Edward's Life Guard. He purchased his discharge after serving three years. McLaglen arrived in Vancouver, B.C., Canada in late 1907. He came with his elder brother, Leopold, and apparently their younger brother, Arthur. (Arthur became a [[Arthur (Young) McLaglen\|boxer]] himself.) They had come from South Africa, where they had been professional wrestlers. There was also an older brother, Fred. According to the Feb. 11, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Fred was sentenced to 30 days jail in Winnipeg for robbing someone of $80.00. He formerly had been on the Winnipeg police force. Fred became a boxer, too, taking on the ring name of [[Fred McKay]].

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	Per the Jan. 10, 1912 ''Tacoma Daily News'', McLaglen was involved in a fencing duel with Carl Brosius at Milwaukee, WI.		Per the Jan. 10, 1912 ''Tacoma Daily News'', McLaglen was involved in a fencing duel with Carl Brosius at Milwaukee, WI.

	Victor McLaglen perhaps is better known as a movie actor. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in ''The Informer'' (1935): [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572142/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0]. (His son, Andrew V. McLaglen, became a well-known director of movies and TV shows -- primarily westerns, such as the TV shows ''~~Habe~~ Gun Will Travel'' and ''Gunsmoke.'' [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572132/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm])		Victor McLaglen perhaps is better known as a movie actor. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in ''The Informer'' (1935): [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572142/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0]. (His son, Andrew V. McLaglen, became a well-known director of movies and TV shows -- primarily westerns, such as the TV shows ''Have Gun - Will Travel'' and ''Gunsmoke.'' [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572132/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm])

	He passed away November 7, 1959.		He passed away November 7, 1959.

Ric: son: legendary movie & TV director Andrew McLaglen

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son: legendary movie & TV director Andrew McLaglen

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	=== Johnson Exhibition ===		=== Johnson Exhibition ===
	[[File:McLaglen Johnson Cleaned.jpeg\|thumb\|left\|at the Vancouver AC]]		[[File:McLaglen Johnson Cleaned.jpeg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|at the Vancouver AC]]
	Little known fact: The first person newly-crowned World Heavyweight Champion [[Jack Johnson]] ever fought after winning the title from [[Tommy Burns]] was McLaglen. When Johnson returned to North America from Australia, he came to Vancouver, B.C., in March 1909, on the way to Chicago. The two boxed a six-round exhibition March 10 as the feature at the Vancouver Athletic Club. According to some accounts of that bout:		Little known fact: The first person newly-crowned World Heavyweight Champion [[Jack Johnson]] ever fought after winning the title from [[Tommy Burns]] was McLaglen. When Johnson returned to North America from Australia, he came to Vancouver, B.C., in March 1909, on the way to Chicago. The two boxed a six-round exhibition March 10 as the feature at the Vancouver Athletic Club. According to some accounts of that bout:

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	Per the Jan. 10, 1912 ''Tacoma Daily News'', McLaglen was involved in a fencing duel with Carl Brosius at Milwaukee, WI.		Per the Jan. 10, 1912 ''Tacoma Daily News'', McLaglen was involved in a fencing duel with Carl Brosius at Milwaukee, WI.

	Victor McLaglen perhaps is ~~best~~ known as a movie actor. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in ''The Informer'' (1935): [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572142/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0].		Victor McLaglen perhaps is better known as a movie actor. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in ''The Informer'' (1935): [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572142/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0]. (His son, Andrew V. McLaglen, became a well-known director of movies and TV shows -- primarily westerns, such as the TV shows ''Habe Gun Will Travel'' and ''Gunsmoke.'' [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572132/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm])

	He passed away November 7, 1959.		He passed away November 7, 1959.

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	Per the Jan. 10, 1912 ''Tacoma Daily News'', McLaglen was involved in a fencing duel with Carl Brosius at Milwaukee, WI.		Per the Jan. 10, 1912 ''Tacoma Daily News'', McLaglen was involved in a fencing duel with Carl Brosius at Milwaukee, WI.

	Victor McLaglen is best known as a movie actor~~; he~~ won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in ''The Informer'' (1935).		Victor McLaglen perhaps is best known as a movie actor. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in ''The Informer'' (1935): [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572142/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0].

	He passed away November 7, 1959.		He passed away November 7, 1959.

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	Victor McLaglen is best known as a movie actor; he won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in ''The Informer'' (1935).		Victor McLaglen is best known as a movie actor; he won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in ''The Informer'' (1935).

	~~McLaglen died~~ 1959~~-11-07 of a heart attack~~.		He passed away November 7, 1959.

	~~== External Links ==~~
	~~[http://www.apex.net.au/~mhumphry/VictorMc.html Mini-bio]<br>~~
	~~[http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/mclaglen.htm CBZ's] page<br>~~
	~~[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572142/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHxwbj0wfHE9VmljdG9yIE1jTGFnbGVufGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg Movie Credits]<br>~~
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	[[Category: Actors\|McLaglen, Victor]]		[[Category: Actors\|McLaglen, Victor]]

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	'''Division''': Heavyweight<br>		'''Division''': Heavyweight<br>
	'''Managers''': [[George Williams]]; ? Bettison<br>		'''Managers''': [[George Williams]]; ? Bettison<br>
	[[:Image:McLaglen.Victor.jpg\|Photo]] of McLaglen as "Sharkey" McLaglen		[[:Image:McLaglen.Victor.jpg\|Photo]] of McLaglen as "Sharkey" McLaglen; [[:File:Vic McLaglen.jpg\|Photo 2]]

	[[:File:Vic McLaglen.jpg]]

	According to accounts by the ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA) when '''Victor McLaglen''' was living in the city, he had enlisted in the English Army when he was 14 years-old. He became a member of King Edward's Life Guard. He purchased his discharge after serving three years. McLaglen arrived in Vancouver, B.C., Canada in late 1907. He came with his elder brother, Leopold, and apparently their younger brother, Arthur. (Arthur became a [[Arthur (Young) McLaglen\|boxer]] himself.) They had come from South Africa, where they had been professional wrestlers. There was also an older brother, Fred. According to the Feb. 11, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Fred was sentenced to 30 days jail in Winnipeg for robbing someone of $80.00. He formerly had been on the Winnipeg police force. Fred became a boxer, too, taking on the ring name of [[Fred McKay]].		According to accounts by the ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA) when '''Victor McLaglen''' was living in the city, he had enlisted in the English Army when he was 14 years-old. He became a member of King Edward's Life Guard. He purchased his discharge after serving three years. McLaglen arrived in Vancouver, B.C., Canada in late 1907. He came with his elder brother, Leopold, and apparently their younger brother, Arthur. (Arthur became a [[Arthur (Young) McLaglen\|boxer]] himself.) They had come from South Africa, where they had been professional wrestlers. There was also an older brother, Fred. According to the Feb. 11, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Fred was sentenced to 30 days jail in Winnipeg for robbing someone of $80.00. He formerly had been on the Winnipeg police force. Fred became a boxer, too, taking on the ring name of [[Fred McKay]].

John at 17:44, 26 August 2015

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	According to accounts by the ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA) when '''Victor McLaglen''' was living in the city, he had enlisted in the English Army when he was 14 years-old. He became a member of King Edward's Life Guard. He purchased his discharge after serving three years. McLaglen arrived in Vancouver, B.C., Canada in late 1907. He came with his elder brother, Leopold, and apparently their younger brother, Arthur. (Arthur became a [[Arthur (Young) McLaglen\|boxer]] himself.) They had come from South Africa, where they had been professional wrestlers. There was also an older brother, Fred. According to the Feb. 11, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Fred was sentenced to 30 days jail in Winnipeg for robbing someone of $80.00. He formerly had been on the Winnipeg police force. Fred became a boxer, too, taking on the ring name of [[Fred McKay]].		According to accounts by the ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA) when '''Victor McLaglen''' was living in the city, he had enlisted in the English Army when he was 14 years-old. He became a member of King Edward's Life Guard. He purchased his discharge after serving three years. McLaglen arrived in Vancouver, B.C., Canada in late 1907. He came with his elder brother, Leopold, and apparently their younger brother, Arthur. (Arthur became a [[Arthur (Young) McLaglen\|boxer]] himself.) They had come from South Africa, where they had been professional wrestlers. There was also an older brother, Fred. According to the Feb. 11, 1911 ''Tacoma Daily News'', Fred was sentenced to 30 days jail in Winnipeg for robbing someone of $80.00. He formerly had been on the Winnipeg police force. Fred became a boxer, too, taking on the ring name of [[Fred McKay]].

John at 12:58, 29 August 2012

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	After his five bouts in Washington state McLaglen moved back to Vancouver, British Columbia, in March 1909 with the intention of becoming a police officer. (The Jan. 9, 1913 ''Tacoma Daily News'' reported that he had been a longshoreman under Bill Burke when he had lived in Tacoma.)		After his five bouts in Washington state McLaglen moved back to Vancouver, British Columbia, in March 1909 with the intention of becoming a police officer. (The Jan. 9, 1913 ''Tacoma Daily News'' reported that he had been a longshoreman under Bill Burke when he had lived in Tacoma.)

			=== Johnson Exhibition ===
			[[File:McLaglen Johnson Cleaned.jpeg\|thumb\|left\|at the Vancouver AC]]
	Little known fact: The first person newly-crowned World Heavyweight Champion [[Jack Johnson]] ever fought after winning the title from [[Tommy Burns]] was McLaglen. When Johnson returned to North America from Australia, he came to Vancouver, B.C., in March 1909, on the way to Chicago. The two boxed a six-round exhibition March 10 as the feature at the Vancouver Athletic Club. According to some accounts of that bout:		Little known fact: The first person newly-crowned World Heavyweight Champion [[Jack Johnson]] ever fought after winning the title from [[Tommy Burns]] was McLaglen. When Johnson returned to North America from Australia, he came to Vancouver, B.C., in March 1909, on the way to Chicago. The two boxed a six-round exhibition March 10 as the feature at the Vancouver Athletic Club. According to some accounts of that bout:

	"Johnson had little trouble with McLaglen, tagging him in the solar plexus within the first minute of their exhibition. Like a giant cedar having received an axeman's final blow, McLaglen paused for a moment before slowing collapsing to his knees. He was winded but able to continue fighting, although the champion mostly toyed with him for the rest of the bout, showing agility, superior footwork, and a full repertoire of punches. The coverage by Vancouver newspapers was patronizing in tone, although less explicitly racist than much of what appeared in American dailies. A headline in the News-Advertiser read: JACK JOHNSON IS TICKLED TO DEATH WITH VANCOUVER. And Hospitable Terminal City Says 'We Too' to World's Greatest Pugilist. The champ was magnanimous in his triumph, praising Tommy Burns though only a few weeks had passed since their historic fight. 'Let me say of Mr. Burns,' Johnson said, 'a Canadian and one of yourselves, that he has done what no one else ever done, he gave a black man a chance for the championship. He was beaten, but he was game.'" ~~Here is a [[:Image:McLaglen.Johnson.jpg\|photo]] of the two at the Vancouver A.C~~.		"Johnson had little trouble with McLaglen, tagging him in the solar plexus within the first minute of their exhibition. Like a giant cedar having received an axeman's final blow, McLaglen paused for a moment before slowing collapsing to his knees. He was winded but able to continue fighting, although the champion mostly toyed with him for the rest of the bout, showing agility, superior footwork, and a full repertoire of punches. The coverage by Vancouver newspapers was patronizing in tone, although less explicitly racist than much of what appeared in American dailies. A headline in the News-Advertiser read: JACK JOHNSON IS TICKLED TO DEATH WITH VANCOUVER. And Hospitable Terminal City Says 'We Too' to World's Greatest Pugilist. The champ was magnanimous in his triumph, praising Tommy Burns though only a few weeks had passed since their historic fight. 'Let me say of Mr. Burns,' Johnson said, 'a Canadian and one of yourselves, that he has done what no one else ever done, he gave a black man a chance for the championship. He was beaten, but he was game.'".

	On Sept. 26, 1911, McLaglen boxed a four-round exhibition with future World Heavyweight Champion [[Jess Willard]] at Springfield, MO, USA, using the name "Paul Romano." ''[[IBRO Journal]]'' #84, p. 44; ''Springfield Daily Ledger'', Sept. 22 & 26.		On Sept. 26, 1911, McLaglen boxed a four-round exhibition with future World Heavyweight Champion [[Jess Willard]] at Springfield, MO, USA, using the name "Paul Romano." ''[[IBRO Journal]]'' #84, p. 44; ''Springfield Daily Ledger'', Sept. 22 & 26.

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	'''Managers''': [[George Williams]]; ? Bettison<br>		'''Managers''': [[George Williams]]; ? Bettison<br>
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