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Bivins, Jimmy, 1919-2012

LC control no.no2010173358
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingBivins, Jimmy, 1919-2012
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Variant(s)Bivins, James Louis, 1919-2012
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1919-12-06
Death date2012-07-04
Place of birthDry Branch (Ga.)
Place of deathCleveland (Ohio)
Field of activityBoxing
Profession or occupationBoxers
Found inGus Lesnevich vs. Jimmy Bivins boxing match. 1942-03-11, conclusion [SR] 1942: from audition (Jimmy Bivins)
Wikipedia, Oct. 25, 2010 (Jimmy Bivins; b. James Louis Bivins, Dec. 6, 1919, Dry Branch, Ga.; American heavyweight boxer)
New York times WWW site, July 6, 2012 (in obituary published July 5: Jimmy Bivins; b. James Louis Bivins, Dec. 6, 1919, Dry Branch, Ga.; d. Wednesday [July 4, 2012], Cleveland, aged 92; heavyweight boxer who in the 1940s and '50s beat eight future world champions but, to his lasting regret, never got a shot at the title himself)
All American digest. Sports cavalcade, 1947: (Jimmy Bivins; name spoken)
Associated languageeng