Hank Herring
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Horace H. "Hank" Herring (June 19, 1922 – May 18, 1999) was an American boxer. Herring was the Welterweight Silver Medalist at the 1948 London Olympic Games. Herring lost in the final to Julius Torma of Czechoslovakia.
Herring was also a member of the United States Navy. He retired in the early 1970s.
Pro career
Herring turned pro in 1949 and had little success. After winning his first four bouts, he had little success from then on, retiring the following year having won 5, lost 7, and drawn 1.
He was born in St. Petersburg, Florida and died in Lemoore, California.
External links
- Hank Herring at databaseOlympics.com (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Boxing record for Hank Herring from BoxRec Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1922 births
- 1999 deaths
- Boxers from Florida
- Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Sportspeople from St. Petersburg, Florida
- American male boxers
- American boxing Olympic medalist stubs
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics