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Oliver Kirk
Male
(aka Ollie Kirk)
(Oliver Leonard Kirk)
Featherweight, USA, St. Louis, Missouri
Born: April 20, 1884, Beatrice, Nebraska, USA
Died: March 14, 1960, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Height:
Weight: 52,200 kg /56,700 kg
Stance: Orthodox
1904 St Louis, Missouri, Olympic Games bantamweight gold medal
1904 St Louis, Missouri, Olympic Games featherweight gold medal
Kirk is the only boxer in Olympic history to ever win two gold medals
in two separate weight divisions at the same Olympics
He won two medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics,
one of only a four boxers to capture more than one medal in the same Olympics.
The others were George Finnegan, Charles Mayer, and Harry Spanjer.
Amateur and Pro fights courtesy of Bob Yalen
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Amateur results| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1904 | | + Feb. 27 | Shelly Stafford | St. Louis, Missouri | WTKO 2 | |
| St. Louis, Missouri, B.M.A.C. Tournament winner, 118 lbs | + Feb. 29 | A. Jordan | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Feb. 29 | John Ray | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | |
| St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri A.C. Tournament winner and B.M.A.C. Tournament winner, 118 lbs | + Apr. 9 | Frank Grubbs | St. Louis, Missouri | WTKO 2 | | + Apr. 9 | Fred White | St. Louis, Missouri | WTKO 1 | | + Apr. 9 | Fred Gauss | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Apr. 23 | George Larson | St. Louis, Missouri | WTKO 2 | |
| St. Louis, Missouri, B.M.A.C. Tournament Finals, 125 lbs | + Apr. 25 | W. Hickey | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | - Apr. 25 | George Knebel | St. Louis, Missouri | LPTS 3 | | = July 5 | Jack O'Keefe | St. Louis, Missouri | Draw 4 | |
| St. Louis, Missouri, Olympic Games bantamweight (115 lbs) and featherweight (125 lbs) gold medal | + Sept. 22 | George Finnegan (USA) | St. Louis, Missouri | WTKO 3 | | + Sept. 22 | Frank Haller | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Dec. 10 | Charley Cohn | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Dec. 10 | A.F. Williams | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | 1905 | | + Jan. 14 | Charlie Stevens | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Feb. 6 | Johnny Mullen | Cincinnati, Ohio | WPTS 3 | | + Feb. 18 | E.D. Law | St. Louis, Missouri | WTKO 2 | | + Feb. 27 | Charles Baker | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | * Feb. 28 | Jack Harris | St. Louis, Missouri | NC 2 | | - Mar. 6 | Frank Haller | Cincinnati, Ohio | LPTS 3 | | + Apr. 15 | Jimmy Wydmeyer | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | |
| St. Louis, Missouri, Western AAU winner, 115 lbs | + June 1 | William Appleton | St. Louis, Missouri | WTKO 2 | | + June 3 | William Hogan | St. Louis, Missouri | WTKO 3 | | + Oct. 21 | Anton Kucera | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | - Nov. 20 | Charlie Stevens | St. Louis, Missouri | LPTS 4 | | 1906 | | + Feb. 27 | Charles Bralang | Cincinnati, Ohio | WTKO 2 | | + Mar. 3 | Walter Little | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | |
| San Francisco, California, National AAU semi-finals, 125 lbs | + Apr. 4 | Billy Letcher | San Francisco, California | WTKO 2 | | - Apr. 5 | Frankie Edwards | San Francisco, California | LPTS 3 | | + Dec. 20 | Monte Dale | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 4 | | 1907 | | + Jan. 18 | Monte Dale | St. Louis, Missouri | WKO 2 | | + Jan. 26 | Louis Hoelle | St. Louis, Missouri | WKO 1 | | + Mar. 9 | Frank Smith | St. Louis, Missouri | WKO 1 | | + Apr. 6 | Al Striker | St. Louis, Missouri | WKO 1 | | + Apr. 27 | Barney McCarthy | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | 1908 | | + Apr. 11 | Jack Shelton | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + May 2 | Jack Shelton | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | 1909 | | - Jan. 31 | George Kirkwood | St. Louis, Missouri | LPTS 3 | | + Feb. 27 | Jack Pezolt | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + May 1 | Dick Kyle | St. Louis, Missouri | WTKO 3 | | + Oct. 25 | Charles Dalwitz | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | |
| San Francisco, California, National AAU preliminaries, 125 lbs | - Nov. 23 | Jimmy Melville | San Francisco, California | LPTS 4 | | + Dec. 10 | Eddie Keough | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | 1910 | | - Jan. 22 | Charles Dalwitz | St. Louis, Missouri | LPTS 3 | | 1911 | | + Jan. 14 | Irwin Crown | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Jan. 28 | Harry Miller | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Feb. 18 | Chalky Germain | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Nov. 18 | Frank Kuptz | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Dec. 4 | Jack Shelton | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Dec. 4 | Jack Pezolt | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | + Dec. 30 | Bobby Lyons | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 | | 1912 | | + Jan. 6 | Jack Shelton | St. Louis, Missouri | WPTS 3 |
Professional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1912 | | - Mar. 5 | Tommy Sullivan | St. Louis, Missouri | L 8 | | = Mar. 13 | Andy Ferns | Coalgate, Oklahoma | Draw 12 | | + May 11 | Jack Shelton | St. Louis, Missouri | KO 5 | | + May 15 | Kid West | Dayton, Ohio | TKO 6 | | - June 24 | Willie Gibbs | Memphis, Tennessee | L 8 | | = Dec. 13 | Battling Burke | Shreveport, Louisiana | Draw 10 | | 1913 | | = Feb. 18 | Joe Genail | St. Louis, Missouri | Draw 8 | | + Apr. 18 | Special Delivery Hirsch | Brooklyn, New York | W 10 | | + Apr. 22 | Mickey McDonough | Brooklyn, New York | TKO 6 | | = July 25 | Tommy Dixon | Ft. Smith, Arkansas | Draw 10 | | = Nov. 12 | Joe Hartman | Dayton, Ohio | Draw 15 | | - Dec. 19 | Louis Pappas | Springfield, Missouri | KO by 1 | | 1914 | | + Jan. 29 | Charles Dalwitz | St. Louis, Missouri | W 8 | | - Mar. 30 | Joe Genail | St. Louis, Missouri | L 8 | | 1915 | | - Feb. 7 | Cal Delaney | Nashville, Tennessee | TKO by 4 |
Summary
Total bouts: 15, Won: 5 (3 inside the limit), Lost: 5 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 5, NC: 0
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