Johnny Kilbane

Johnny Kilbane

Infobox_Boxer|name=Johnny Kilbane
realname=John Patrick Kilbane



nickname=Johnny
weight=Featherweight
nationality= United States Of America
birth_date=birth date|1889|4|9|mf=y
death_date=death date|1957|5|31|mf=y
birth_place=Cleveland, Ohio
death_place=Cleveland, Ohio
home=Cleveland, Ohio
style=
total=62 + 78 ND
wins=51
KO=25
losses=4
draws=7
no contests=2|

John "Johnny" Patrick Kilbane (born April 9, 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio – died there May 31, 1957) was a featherweight boxer in the early part of the 20th century. He held the featherweight title from 1912 to 1923, the longest period in the division's history, and the second longest world title holder in boxing history, behind only Joe Louis. He took the featherweight title from Abe Atell and lost it to Eugene Criqui. (The high number of no decisions in his career reflects early boxing rules in many states in the U.S. that dictated "no decision"--ND-- unless a fight ended by knockout.) Following his boxing career, Kilbane refereed boxing matches, operated a gym, served in the Ohio State Legislature, and worked as the Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995.

Kilbane was such a popular prizefighter in his day that there is at least one instance of his name actually being used as a verb. An unsigned commentary in the sports pages of the New York Times on May 16, 1912, reported on an infamous episode involving Detroit baseball player Ty Cobb in a game the day before between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees. In the fourth innings of the game, Cobb went into the stands and attacked a heckler. The commentary said, "Ty Cobb "johnny kilbaned" a spectator right on the place where he talks... and stopped the flow of profane and vulgar words..."

References

*New York Times obituary, June 1 1957.
*New York Times, May 16 1912.

External links

* [http://johnnykilbane.com/ Johnny Kilbane]


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