Tom Menzies
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1939 Bellshill, Scotland | |||||||||||
| Died | 13 December 2004 (aged 65) Falkirk, Scotland | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
Event | Light-heavyweight | |||||||||||
| Club | Monkland ABC and Army | |||||||||||
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Thomas Warden Menzies (2 July 1939 – 26 February 2004) was a boxer who competed for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Menzies was born in Bellshill but raised in Stirlingshire and started boxing at the Grangemouth Amateur Boxing Club in the late 1950s.[1]
Menzies was part of the 1961 British team, which was labelled "the greatest win ever for a Great Britain team" after defeating the United States team ten bouts to nil.[2] He won the 1961 Scottish light-heavyweight title and at the time worked as a chemist for Carron IC in Falkirk.[1]
He boxed primarily for the Army and Monkland ABC,[3] was a corporal with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and won three Imperial Services boxing titles[1]
Menzies was part of the 1961 British team, which was labelled "the greatest win ever for a Great Britain team" after defeating the United States team ten bouts to nil.[4]
He was selected for the 1962 Scottish team[5] for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. He competed in the light-heavyweight category,[6] where he was beaten by eventual silver medallist Jojo Miles of Ghana in the semi-final round.[7]
He reached the final of the prestigious ABA championships title in 1963, losing to Brian Murphy.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b c "Tom Menzies Lad o'pairts who was admired for more than just his boxing career". Herald Scotland. 3 February 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "On this day: The greatest ever win for the British amateur team". Boxing News. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Sparta Boxer is Champion". Edinburgh Evening News. 17 February 1961. p. 13. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "On this day: The greatest ever win for the British amateur team". Boxing News. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Scotland's 35-strong team for Perth". The Scotsman. 12 September 1962. p. 14. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games - Perth, Australia - November 22 - December 1 1962". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "ABA final results". Leicester Evening Mail. 27 April 1963. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tom Menzies". Box Rec. Retrieved 24 October 2025.