Joseph Wilby
{{Short description|Boxer who competed for England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1938 Sydney|81kg}}
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Joseph Wilby (1912 – 1999) was a male boxer who competed for England.
Boxing career
Wilby represented England and won a bronze medal in the 81 kg division at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He captained the boxing team during the Games.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/43557|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/sydney-1938/athletes|title=1938 Athletes|publisher=Team England}} Wilby won the Amateur Boxing Association 1937 light heavyweight title, when boxing for the Royal Air Force.{{cite news |title= New Boxing champions|work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=8 April 1937 |access-date=31 December 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000337/19370408/187/0010| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
He later coached the British boxing team.{{cite news |title=Sleaford Boxer coaches Britain's team |work=Sleaford Gazette |date=16 September 1949 |access-date=31 December 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003356/19490916/016/0001| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
Personal life
He was in the Royal Air Force and stationed at No 3 (A) Wing a RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire during 1938. IN 1949 he was living in Sleaford and was a Warrant officer.
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Category:Boxers at the 1938 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Light-heavyweight boxers
Category:Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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