Harry Groves
{{Short description|English boxer (1918–1997)}}
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{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1938 Sydney|60kg}}
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Harry George Thomas Groves (2 March 1918 – 24 December 1997) was a male boxer who competed for England.
Boxing career
Groves represented England and won a gold medal in the 60 kg division at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/44058|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715184353/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/44058|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/sydney-1938/athletes|title=1938 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}
He won the 1939 Amateur Boxing Association British lightweight title, when boxing out of the Devas ABC.{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/roll-of-honour/gender/male-championships/|title=Roll of Honour|publisher=England Boxing|access-date=15 January 2022}}{{cite news |title=Amateur Boxing Titles|work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=30 March 1939 |access-date=10 January 2022 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19390330/071/0007| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
Personal life
He was a brewers drayman by trade and lived in Condell Road, Battersea during 1938.
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Category:Boxers at the 1938 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing
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