Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey
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- This article is about middleweight boxing champion Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey, not to be confused with the heavyweight champion by the same name.
John Edward Kelly (December 15, 1862 – November 1, 1896), County Kildare, Ireland. Better known as Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey, called "Nonpareil"
Dempsey was buried in Portland, Oregon, USA, in an unmarked grave. According to the March 13, 1909 Tacoma Daily Times (Tacoma, WA, USA), M. J. Brady, Dempsey's father-in-law, refused to permit former World Champion John L. Sullivan and John S. Barnes to raise funds to erect a monument over Dempsey's grave. The family believed that the four-foot marble shaft was a sufficient memorial. The matter was thus dropped.
[edit] External links
- Boxrec record
- Cyber Boxing Zone Record courtesy of boxing historian Tracy Callis.
- Cyber Boxing Zone Article
