McTaggart picked up gold at the Olympic lightweight final in 1956 in Melbourne, and bronze at the Rome Olympics in 1960. In a statement confirming his death, McTaggart's family said he was "a true ...
Tributes have been paid to Dick McTaggart, the only Scottish boxer to win an Olympic ... 1960, 1963, and 1965, but resisted the lure of turning professional. Mr Spence said: "He once said that ...
The right-handed southpaw was the flagbearer for the British team at the 1960 Olympics in Rome ... many years coaching the British Olympic and Scottish boxing squads. McTaggart met his wife ...
But on September 5 1960 at the Palazzo dello Sport stadium, Clay etched his name in Olympic history ... There were still doubts from the boxing press that Ali could win gold in Rome, but there ...
Includes a photo of McClure with his fellow American 1960 Olympic boxing champions, Cassius Clay and Eddie Crook, signed and inscribed in gold ink by McClure. An absolutely remarkable Olympic ...
The Dundonian was just 21 when he won Olympic gold ... those Games for the best boxing style. McTaggart then followed that up by taking bronze at the Rome Olympics in 1960. He also won ...