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Rothmans title fight for the lightweight championship of the British Empire. Grant v Santos. Wellington Town Hall, 15 March 1967. Souvenir programme
- Date
- 1967
- Reference
- Eph-B-BOXING-1967-01
- Description
Programme for a boxing contest, shows photographs of the two contestants on the front cover, and messages from Wellington Mayor Sir Francis Kitts, Brian O'Brien of the Wellington Boxing Association, and Peter Snell on behalf of the Rothmans Sports Foundation. There is a history of the title fights, a CV of champion Bunny Grant, and challenger Manoel Santos. Other supporting boxers on the programme are profiled: Mike Dimitri, Fred Taupola, Bill Opetaia, Dick Blair, Bob Murdoch, Bernie Sua, and Ron Chadfield. There are articles about Bos Murphy, Barry Brown (autographed), Tuna Scanlan, Charlie Griffin, Earl Nikora, and Tom Heeney. The referees on the night were Tom Fox, Alan Scaife and Dave Kennedy.
Quantity: 1 album(s).
Physical Description: Booklet of 28 pages, 280 x 218 mm.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- [Programmes and ephemera relating to boxing, boxers. 1905-1999].
- Format
- 1 album(s), Ephemera, Programmes, Offset photomechanical prints, Booklet of 28 pages, 280 x 218 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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From: [Programmes and ephemera relating to boxing, boxers. 1905-1999].
Reference: Eph-B-BOXING-1967-01-front
Description: Front cover of a programme for a boxing contest shows photographs of the two contestants on the front cover: Bunny Grant and Manoel Santos. Sponsorship is by the Rothmans Sports Foundation. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print 280 x 215 mm.