Jump to content

Frederick Reardon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Freddie Reardon
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1931-04-19)19 April 1931
Deptford, London, England
Died1 May 2006(2006-05-01) (aged 75)
Bromley, London, England
Sport
SportBoxing

Frederick Albert Reardon (19 April 1931 – 1 May 2006) was a British boxer. He fought as Freddie Reardon and competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

He won the 1952 Amateur Boxing Association British lightweight title, when boxing out of the Downham Community ABC.[2][3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Reardon Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Shock for Giant Young Boxer". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 26 April 1952. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
[edit]