Manchester’s Bill Fox won his first British welterweight wrestling title in 1934 and that same year won the silver medal, behind Canada’s Joe Schleimer, at the British Empire Games in London. Fox competed in the 1935 European Championships at Bruxelles, and the following year won his second British title, and also competed in the Olympics. At the Berlin Games, Fox reached the third round of the freestyle welterweight competition, but had to withdraw as a result of injuring his ribs in his second round bout with Turkey’s Hüseyin Erçetin. Fox went on to win a third British welterweight title in 1937.
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