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[[File:WillCereghin.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Will Cereghin: circa 1950s]]
'''Will Cereghin''' was born in 1906 and died in 1984. He lived in Defiance, Ohio.

Cereghin collected boxing from about 1919-1984. He was an active member in the old C.O.B.L.A. organization of boxing collectors (Collectors Of Boxing Lore Association). Dating back to the late 1950s, this group preceded the World Boxing Historians Association that came along during the 1960s. Barefoot Post, Hank Kaplan, Al Nelson, Harold Triem, Hersch Powell, Red Taylor, Bill Frietas and Harry Winkler were among the better well-known members.

Cereghin did a little bit of boxing himself in the mid-1920s but it was said that brittle hands kept him from going anywhere in the game. As a collector, the building of scrapbooks was his main focus. He glued everything into the scrapbooks that would fit: tickets, programs, smaller posters, photos, autographs and especially newspaper and magazine clippings. After retiring, Cereghin moved into a trailer and sold off many things, especially his large boxing book collection.

[[Category: Boxing Historians|Cereghin, Will]]

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