Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Edson L.•Brown |
Used name | Edson•Brown |
Born | 16 May 1935 in New York, New York (USA) |
Died | 12 September 1962 |
NOC | United States |
Edson Brown boxed in the featherweight class for the US at the 1952 Olympics. He won two fights in Helsinki before losing in the quarter-finals. Brown later won the New York Daily News Golden Gloves open championship as a featherweight in both 1953 and 1954. He also won the 1953 New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1952 Summer Olympics | Boxing | USA | Edson Brown | |||
Featherweight, Men (Olympic) | =5 |