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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 25 May 1897
- Died
- 7 November 1978
- Works
- 3
Top works
- ... Arms for living ..
- Boxing and training
- A man must fight
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Gene Tunney's parents were Mary Jean (aka Rose) Lydon and John Tunney. Both of his parents were born in Mayo, Ireland, near Kiltimagh, and moved to New York City. He won the heavyweight boxing championship from Jack Dempsey in 1926 and successfully defended his title against Dempsey in 1927. In 1928, he successfully defended his title against Tom Heeney and then retired from the ring undefeated…
Known for
- Sports on the Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)1997
- The Fighting Marine — Dick Farrington1926
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Greenwich
- Child
- John V. Tunney
- Occupation
- boxer
- Sport
- boxing
- Country for sport
- United States
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Image
- Gene Tunney 1.jpg
- Height
- 183
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- sports discipline competed in
- heavyweight
- date of birth
- 1897-05-25
- date of death
- 1978-11-07
- Commons category
- Gene Tunney
- Commons gallery
- Gene Tunney
- birth name
- James Joseph Tunney
- number of losses
- 1
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 83
- number of wins
- 61
- number of draws/ties
- 1
Sources (2)
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