Harry Greb's Birth

timmers612 · Jan 28, 2014

Mr Butt said: ↑

I can't make an informed opinion as there is no film of Grebs birth
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Hahahahahaa!!

klompton2 · Jan 30, 2014

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As can be seen here the Corner of Dauphin and Fitch was actually 138 N. Millvale Ave, the home of Pius Greb (circled in red). Greb was born at home.

mcvey · Jan 31, 2014

klompton2 said: ↑

I didnt cast doubt on this my book I categorically stated that Greb was definately not born in a car. Its ridiculous. His birth certificate does not say he was born in a car. It says he was born at the corner of Dauphin and Fitch. That intersection eventually became 138 N Millvale Ave, the home of Greb's parents. Greb was born at home with his mother being administered by a midwife named Mary Werle who also brought his sister into this world. Paxton just repeated that idiotic story from an old ring magazine article which noted that Greb was born at the corners of Dauphin and Fitch and thus "he was so tough he was born in a car." As I noted in my book there were a handful of automobiles in the United States at the time and most if not all were prototypes owned by their inventors. Essentially someone in the 1950s got ahold of a certified copy of Greb's birth certificate (in fact there were no birth certificates issues in the 1890s in Pittsburgh, births were merely entered into a register of births, hence the date stamp of the 1950s on the copy in Paxton's book. The real birth record for Greb, which I have a copy of, is merely an entry in a journal) and noticed that it said he was born at the corner of Dauphin and Fitch. Rather than look at an old plat map from the 1890s they jumped to a ridiculous conclusion and this myth was born. It took about ten minutes of research to dispell this myth by comparing one plat map which showed where the corners of Dauphin and Fitch were located to a later plat map of the exact same location which shows that address as Greb's home.

Greb's mother was of German/Bavarian stock. His father was German. He sometimes claimed to be irish or that his mother was irish to honor the mother of his friend Leo Poof Kelly (who was his best man at his wedding). Before fights Greb would go to Mrs. Kelly and receive an Irish blessing. He also likely claimed part Irish heritage in order to gain some of the large Irish fan base.
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" Well Reverend that tears it,from now on you stay out of this!"

John Wayne . "The Searchers":happy

doug.ie · Jan 31, 2014

klompton2 said: ↑

He sometimes claimed to be irish or that his mother was irish to honor the mother of his friend Leo Poof Kelly (who was his best man at his wedding). Before fights Greb would go to Mrs. Kelly and receive an Irish blessing. He also likely claimed part Irish heritage in order to gain some of the large Irish fan base.
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that'll do for me.....'irish' harry greb !!

mcvey · Jan 31, 2014

doug.ie said: ↑

that'll do for me.....'irish' harry greb !!
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Harry O' Greb.:good

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