Jess Willard
Sign in to saveAlso known as "The Pottawatomie Giant" Jess Willard, Jess Myron Willard
American boxer (1881–1968)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Hitchhiker Slayer : the True Story of Thor Nis Christiansen
- Murder of a Preacher : The True Story of Benny Evangelist
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1916-03-28
- Active to
- 1959-05-26
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,204
- Total plays
- 6,905
Tags
western swingrockabilly
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kansas
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- circus performer
- Sport
- boxing
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 110
- Image
- Jess Willard 1915.jpg
- Height
- 199
Show 11 more facts
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1881-12-29
- date of death
- 1968-12-15
- Commons category
- Jess Willard
- name in native language
- Jess Willard
- birth name
- Jess Myron Willard
- sports discipline competed in
- heavyweight
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 36
- number of wins
- 24
- number of losses
- 6
- number of draws/ties
- 1
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