Talk:Tommy Burns (boxer)
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I should like to know ir Tommy Burns was a Mason?
I do not know but he was likely a Catholic and at the time Catholics could not join the Mason.
I think this article is full of wrong information but I do not know for sure. Brusso can also be spely Brusseau and he was French Canadian. He was born in a township near Hanover, Ontario. His mother's name was likely Schroeder. But I am not sure of any of this.
Can we get some more experts on this one? Tommy Burns is an amazing character not only in Boxing History but for the very important reason he is one of the KEY figures in desegregating American Sports. Its been said he deliberately 'ducked' Johnson if only to antagonise more 'hype' and force a title fight in which he expected to be retired by Johnson. Rumour had it that Burns and Johnson were both in an 'understanding' of what he was doing.
Even more interesting is that Burns became a devout Christian Pastor and wrote letters about how this conflicted him inside - to be a Christian but to be a Prizefighter too.
Please.. some historians on this Great Canadian Boxing Legend please?
[edit] 1907 prizefight
Just ran across this, which may or may not be of interest. 2m.40 film clip; a 1907 championship fight between Burns and Squires, whoever he was. Shimgray | talk | 13:25, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Additional Tommy Burns Information
I don't know if Burns was a Mason, but I can clear up a few things, as there are indeed a few errors in this article, and quite a few ommisions.
Noah Brusso was indeed born on a small farm outside of Hanover, Ontario (Lot 13, Concession 15 of Normanby Township). He was not born in Chesley, but the family did move there when he was 12 when his father worked at a furniture factory there. I don't know his mother's maiden name, but he was born to Frederick and Sofa Brusso. The Brusso's (at least to my knowledge) are of German descent, not Italian, and are Lutheran (but I'm unsure of his family's faith). It is quite possible that the family emmigrated from France to Germany and the name was changed to a more Germanic spelling, but that is based on speculation, I can't verify this at all.
I have a page dedicated to Tommy Burns, mostly based on clippings and articles my mother has collected over the years. The URL is http://www.geocities.com/tommyburns1906/. I haven't updated the site in a long time, and I should revisit it soon. There was a book written on him by Dan McCaffery titled of "Tommy Burns: Canada's Unkown World Heavyweight Champion". I have yet to read it, so I don't know all that he covers. Matt7821 05:26, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Irish
Does "Tommy Burns" sound very Irish? Tommy is quite Irish sounding, but Burns is a Scots surname. Benson85 02:32, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
