Dick Dunn (boxer)
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Dick Dunn is a legendary New Zealand boxing coach.
Richard Dunn was born in 1908 in the coal-mining town of Millerton on the South Island's West Coast. His father was a stone-tunneller who bored into the sides of hills looking for seams of coal. Dick ran the very successful Railway Workshops boxing gym in the Hutt Valley.
[edit] People coached
Dick coached many champions:
- Lyn Philp
- Billy Graham
- Frank Creagh
- Wally Coe
- Bill Kinney
[edit] Memberships
Dick is a life member of:
- The New Zealand Boxing Association
- New Zealand Boxing Coaches Association
- Riverside Petone Cricket Club
- Stop Out Soccer Club [1]
- Wellington and Hutt Valley Boxing Trainers Association
At the age of 80 Dick was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for services to sport.
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