James Watson (boxer)
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | C.1918 Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Leith Victoria BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Watson (c.1918)[1] was a boxer who competed for Scotland and won a silver medal at the British Empire Games.[2]
Biography
Watson was best known for representing the Scottish team, where he won the silver medal in the featherweight division[3][4] at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia, losing to gold medallist Barney Henricus in the final.[5]
He boxed out of the Leith Victoria BC.[6]
At the time of the 1938 Games, he was an apprentice dentist and living at 96 Leith Street, Edinburgh.[1]
References
- ^ a b "UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, Brisbane to London Arrival - 1 Apr 1938". Ancestry. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "James Watson". Team Scotland. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "Medal Standings Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "Another Day of Records at Empire Games". The Scotsman. 8 February 1938. Retrieved 28 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Quality Rather Than Qunatity". Edinburgh Evening News. 21 October 1937. Retrieved 25 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.