'Fighting' Bob Martin
World War I Heavyweight Champion

Bob Martin
'Fighting' Bob Martin's General Information

'Fighting' Bob Martin was the
Heavyweight Champion of the A.E.F.
(Allied Expeditionary Forces)
and Inter-Allied Armies during World War I.

'Fighting' Bob Martin was proclaimed
by General John J. Pershing:
 "The mightiest fighting man of
forty million fighting men."

Bob was born at 11 o'clock on the
11th day of November, 1897.
He became 21 years of age at the exact
hour of the signing of the Armistice.

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BORN : November 11, 1897;
Albright, West Virginia

DIED : 1980 at the age of 81
in Terra Alta, West Virginia

HEIGHT : 6'-2 1/2"

WEIGHT : 185-190 lbs

NATIONALITY : Irish-Scotch-Indian-American

MANAGER : Jimmie Bronson

- in 1923 -

301 Gaiety Bldg.
1547 Broadway
New York City, NY
Phone - Bryant 9814

- in 1925 -

Stanley Hotel
124 West Forty-seventh St.
New York City, NY

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Gratitude is extended to Bob Martin's daughter, Martha Martin Esman

and to Jerry A. Cline from Mt. Lake Park, MD.

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