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Zale, Tony, 1913-1997

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Personal name headingZale, Tony, 1913-1997
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Variant(s)Zale, Tony
Zaleski, Anthony Florian, 1913-1997
Birth date19130529g19970320
Profession or occupationBoxers (Sports)
Found inZale, Thad. Tony Zale, the man of steel, c2014: title page (Tony Zale, the man of steel) jacket flap (They called him "The Man of Steel", the hardest hitting middleweight since Stanley Ketchel. A vicious body puncher and knockout artist, Tony Zale was a class act in a sport that is filled with unsavory characters. Zale was Middleweight Champioon of the World in the 1940s)
Wikipedia, December 19, 2022: entry under Tony Zale (Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913-March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", reinforced by his reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win._