Eddie Haddad

Eddie Haddad (February 20, 1928 – August 14, 1978)^[1] was a boxer primarily active in the 1940s in Manitoba and British Columbia. His first major international tournament was at the 1948 Olympic Games as a lightweight boxer, which was followed up as a Canadian team member of the 1950 British Empire Games (now called the Commonwealth Games).

In local amateur boxing in British Columbia one of his important achievements was the 1948 Golden Boy award.^[2]

Haddad is an inductee in the Military, Manitoba and the Greater Victoria Sports Halls of Fame.^[3]

BC Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame

In 2010, Haddad was one of 15 to be the core group of inductees. Some others of note were Freddy Stephen Fuller, Frank Albert Scott and Dale Walters in the boxer category^[4]

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