Dickie Hanna (boxer)
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||
| Born | 1939[1] | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Event | Bantamweight | |||||||||||
| Club | Lisburn BC | |||||||||||
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Dickie Hanna (born 1939) is a Northern Irish former boxer who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Hanna was a member of the Lisburn Boxing Club and won the County Antrim bantamweight title in 1957.[2] He turned down offers to go professional so that he could compete at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[3]
He was subsequently selected for the 1958 Northern Irish team[4] where he competed in the 54kg bantamweight category[5] and won the bronze medal.[6]
In 1959, Hanna turned professional and boxed 7 bouts from 1960 to 1963.[7][8]
References
- ^ "As we look Around". Ulster Star. 29 March 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Lisburn Club ready for new season". Lisburn Standard. 4 October 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dickie Hanna for St. George's show". Northern Whig. 26 February 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Games boxers for Lisburn". Belfast Telegraph. 27 June 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Dickie Hanna". Boxing Rec. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Dickie Hanna (Lisburn)". Boxing History. Retrieved 3 October 2025.