Frank Slavin

Australia
Born 1862-01-05, Vacy, New South Wales
Died 1929-10-17

Also known as

Paddy Slavin · The Sydney Cornstalk

Description

Australian heavyweight, a pioneer of prizefighting in Australia, who fought under the tutelage of Larry Foley; his rivalry with Peter Jackson was long and bitter.

Teachers (1)

  • Larry Foley
    sports_martial_artsBoxing Probable
    Probable
    Wikipedia only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    location_onLarry Foley's boxing academy, White Horse Hotel badge
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia only.
    “He was a pioneer of prizefighting in his country, fighting under the tutelage of Larry Foley.”
    — Frank "Paddy" Slavin - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    “At his gym at the White Horse, Foley taught, trained and guided the careers of the great boxers Young Griffo, Bob Fitzsimmons, Paddy Slavin, and Peter Jackson as well as the lesser known Dan Creedon and George Dawson.”
    — Larry Foley - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Lineage

Sources

Frank "Paddy" Slavin - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FN315HECFACEE0SY04
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Frank Slavin. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FN315HECFACEE0SY04 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FN315HECFACEE0SY04, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Frank Slavin}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FN315HECFACEE0SY04}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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