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The answer is YES! He won the Golden Gloves in the Navy for Walter Weight Division. Not sure of the exact year, I have to look at his newspaper clippings. Billy Spangler is my Dad and I was very proud of him.
I've read his autobiography and the authorised biography and neither mention boxing. He joined the volunteer Royal Navy upon the outbreak of war and served in Destroyers and later Steam Gun Boats. He was a skater, glider champion, olympic sailor, painter, conservationist and author/broadcaster so a multi-talented man. But not aware of him adding boxing to the list
in my mind he was. i joined navy with him at HMS Ganges. great athlete.
'Hellcats of the Navy'
Edward Ronald Oscarson has written: 'Capital investment analysis in the Navy' -- subject(s): Economics
Check their website, call the store, ask a friend or drive by.
In Britain that is a 'shiner', originating in Royal Navy, WW1 when boxing contests were very popular on ships.
Ronald H. Spector has written: 'Professors of war' -- subject(s): History, Naval War College, Naval art and science, United States, United States. Navy
Ronald Reagan did not make any movies with his second wife Nancy Davis. However, in 1938 Ronald Reagan did co-star with actress Jane Wyman, his first wife, in the film Brother Rat.
Ronald E Allen has written: 'Boiler technician 3 & 2' -- subject(s): Boiler technicians, Handbooks, manuals, Steam-boilers, Marine, United States, United States. Navy
Yes- they were both movies actors. They even starred together in the movie Hellcats of the Navy (She was Nancy Davis then.)