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EnglandBritish Empire Games Gold 1934 London Welterweight David "Dave" Edward McCleave (24 December 1911 – May 1988) was an English boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Battersea.
In 1932 he finished fourth in the welterweight class. He was not able to compete in the bronze medal bout against Bruno Ahlberg.
At the 1934 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the welterweight class after winning the final against Dick Barton.
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Commonwealth Boxing Champions in Men's Welterweight 1930 – 2002: up to 67 kg • 2006: up to 69 kg 1930: Leonard Hall (RSA) • 1934: Dave McCleave (ENG) • 1938: Bill Smith (AUS) • 1950: Terry Ratcliffe (ENG) • 1954: Nicholas Gargano (ENG) • 1958: Joseph Greyling (RSA) • 1962: Wallace Coe (NZL) • 1966: Eddie Blay (GHA) • 1970: Emma Ankudey (GHA) • 1974: Mohamed Muruli (UGA) • 1978: Mike McCallum (JAM) • 1982: Chris Pyatt (ENG) • 1986: Darren Dyer (ENG) • 1990: David Defiagbon (NGR) • 1994: Neil Sinclair (NIR) • 1998: Jeremy Molitor (CAN) • 2002: Daniel Geale (AUS) • 2006: Bongani Mwelase (RSA)
Categories:- 1911 births
- 1988 deaths
- English boxers
- Welterweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of Great Britain
- Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Boxers at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- British boxing biography stubs
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