Sport Autograph Auction
Lot 200:
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Description
Boxing Ted Broadribb Former British Legendary Fight Manager ALS on reverse of image of Randy Turpin, Broadribb and Sugar Ray Robinson. Edward Alfred Broadribb was born December 4 1888, at 219 East street in Wandsworth, London. (His daughter Christine was born in 1914 in Lambeth, London, and married Freddie Mills on 30th September 1948. She had previously married another boxer Don McCorkindale and had a son by him, she and Mills went on to have 2 daughters). Broadribb is the only Englishman who ever knocked out Georges Carpentier. After his boxing career, during which he fought as "Young Snowball", Broadribb at one time or other managed Don McCorkindale, Hary Harris, Johnny Williams, Tommy Farr, Ernie Roderick, Teddy Baldock, Freddie Mills, Len Johnson, Nel Tarleton, Alf Mancini, Jack Hood, Dick Corbett, Harry Corbett and Ernie Jarvis. When any of Broadribb’s boxers fought in the ring, they carried a capital "S" on their trunks to represent "Snowball.". Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
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