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Oliver Kirk

Featherweight

Male
(aka Ollie Kirk)
(Oliver Leonard Kirk)
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

Amateur Results


1904
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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 (USA)	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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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 (USA)	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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 11	Jack Shelton	St. Louis, Missouri	WPTS 3
+ May 2	Jack Shelton	St. Louis, Missouri	WPTS 3

1909
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 22	Charles Dalwitz	St. Louis, Missouri	LPTS 3

1911
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 6	Jack Shelton	St. Louis, Missouri	WPTS 3

Professional record


1912
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 29	Charles Dalwitz	St. Louis, Missouri	W 8
- Mar. 30	Joe Genail	St. Louis, Missouri	L 8

1915
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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, ND: 0

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Featherweight

Amateur Results

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