| LC control no. | no2013112631 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Charles, Ezzard, 1921-1975 |
| Variant(s) | Charles, Ezzard Mack, 1921-1975 Cincinnati Cobra, 1921-1975 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Lawrenceville (Ga.) Cincinnati (Ohio) |
| Birth date | 1921-07-07 |
| Death date | 1975-05-28 |
| Place of birth | Lawrenceville (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Boxing |
| Affiliation | United States. Army National Boxing Association of America Amateur Athletic Union of the United States Woodward High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| Profession or occupation | Boxers (Sports) Soldiers |
| Found in | The 10 greatest heavyweights of all times, 2010: container (Ezzard Charles) Wikipedia, Sep. 5, 2013 (Ezzard Mack Charles, born July 7, 1921 in Lawrenceville, Georgia, died May 28, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, was an American professional boxer and former world heavyweight champion; commonly thought of as a Cincinnatian. Charles graduated from Woodward High School in Cincinnati; known as "The Cincinnati Cobra"; Orthodox) African American National Biography, accessed January 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Charles, Ezzard Mack; boxer, soldier; born 07 July 1921 in Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States. He won the Amateur Athletic Union's national middleweight title; turned professional (1940); served in U.S. Army (1944-1945). He challenged Jersey Joe Walcott for the vacant National Boxing Association heavyweight championship and won (1949), and defeated Louis for the world heavyweight championship (1950). His two fights with Marciano ended his days as a top fighter (1954), however, he fought on until 1959, and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He died 28 May 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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