I am a legend whose home is a "historic Site"

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  1. brickfists

    brickfists The Nonpareil Full Member

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    canastota/carmen basilio

    nope forget that i have no idea
     
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  2. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No Rocky it isn't sam Langford...
    Hint- he started his career when he was a bank clerk.Became a boxing legend !
     
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  3. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jim Corbett?
     
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  4. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    BINGO !. Jim Corbett it is...About 20 years ago,while at work I stumbled on an old house in Bayside, L.I. It had a sign saying that "This was the home of James J Corbett,Heavyweight Champion Of The World"..The street is now called Corbett Pl....Reading that sign I thought of,Fitz, Jeffries, Sharkey,and of course John L Sullivan...It was an eery feeling for me,
    conjuring up this house that holds such memories of the past....b.b.
     
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  5. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I didnt think it was Corbett, being a native of SF.

    But that bank Clerk with Corbett was the only boxer I thought of lol.
     
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  6. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thanks!

    It is tempting But I have been on sport trivia sites for years and some people really get mad when I answer all the questions, all the time. I have to control myself so this doesn't happen on this one.

    Cultural Medallion sites in Queens include James J. Corbett's residence at 221-04 Corbett Road.
     
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  7. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Any pics of the house?

    I visted Earheart's house(Non boxer, mostly known for getting lost in her flight around the world for ever lol)

    Its was a pretty nice place.
     
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  8. JohnThomas1

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    I thought it was MR BILL and ESB until i opened.
     
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  9. Jack Dempsey

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  10. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Burt - just incase your interested check out my "Sam Langfords Home" thread I posted yesterday - really interesting short film about a guys roots in NOva Scotia and family connections with Langford - it also shows Sams old house
     
    RockysSplitNose, Aug 6, 2010
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  11. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    JD thanks for this clip...As I posted before, when I first saw the sign and the house, I, a lover of boxing history had the feeling that Corbett,old Fitz, The Boilermaker Jeffries,and the Great John L, were inside the house,and I was in a time warp...Funny feeling,seeing this house by
    myself...I was so carried away, I left my car there and took a horse and carriage home !Thanks again JD...
     
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  12. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes Rocky,I saw your clip of Weymouth, Nova Scotia, and home of the
    great Sam Langford...What a fighter he was..Short and powerful he
    tackled everyone, everywhere...The closest modern fighter to THAM,was Jimmy Bivins,who I found out is still living,and who I saw fight once, Melio
    Bettina in old MSG...I sent him an E-Mail yesterday...Langford and Bivins
    both had long arms,and tackled everyone, although nthere is but one
    Sam Langford...Thanks,b.b.
     
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