Hugh Cameron (boxer)

Hugh Cameron
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
BornC.1918
Scotland
Sport
SportBoxing
Event
Flyweight
ClubPort Glasgow AAC
Medal record
Boxing
Representing  Scotland
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Sydney flyweight

Hugh MacDonald Cameron (c.1918)[1] was a boxer who competed for Scotland and won a bronze medal at the British Empire Games.[2]

Biography

Cameron was best known for representing the Scottish team, where he won the bronze medal in the flyweight division[3][4] at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia, losing to eventual silver medallist Joe Gagnon in the semi-final.[5]

He boxed out of the Port Glasgow AAC.[6]

At the time of the 1938 Games, he was an apprentice driller and living at 18 Port Glasgow Road, Greenock.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, Brisbane to London Arrival - 1 Apr 1938". Ancestry. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Hugh Cameron". Team Scotland. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Medal Standings Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Another Day of Records at Empire Games". The Scotsman. 8 February 1938. Retrieved 28 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Amateur Boxing". Edinburgh Evening News. 19 February 1936. Retrieved 25 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.