The Canadian Olympic Team's Boxing Team spent their time in England at the R.A.F. Camp in Uxbridge at the London 1948 Olympics.
Here is the entire Canadian Olympic Boxing Team ...........
.... and here is the "untouched" photo where I have not added the arrow to show Dad.
The caption Dad has written on the back of the above photo says "1948 TEAM". This is a professional photograph with a stamp on the back that reads: "Supplied by CENTRAL PRESS PHOTOS LTD. Incorporating - Central News Illustrations Service, 119, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 4"
The following article appeared in The Montreal Daily Star .... again I added the second photo to show where Dad is in the training group in Uxbridge.
The darker markings on the newspaper clippings is where the articles were taped into Dad's scrapbook. Dad has a very large scrapbook with all of his original news clippings in it from his entire Boxing career. I made photocopies for my brother, Len and I, many years ago.
This photo is not captioned, but shows Dad posing at Uxbridge.
This photo is also not captioned, but shows Joey Ssndulo in a similar style of pose.
Armand Savoie posing in his official boxing gear.
Dad has captioned this photo above, "U.S.A. Boxers F. Sodano 112, B. Bassio 118 sparring at Uxbridge"
The numbers refer to their weights. This would have been what Dad was watching when he made the comments in the above news article regarding the competition.
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