Freddie Steele

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Freddie Steele boxer
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Data
Birth Name Freddie Steele
Fight name Tacoma assassin
Weight class medium weight
nationality Americans
birthday December 18, 1912
place of birth Seattle
Date of death 22nd August 1984
Place of death Aberdeen
size 1.78 m
Range 183 cm
Combat Statistics
Struggles 142
Victories 125
Knockout victories 60
Defeats 5
draw 1
No value 1

Freddie Steele (* 18th December 1912 in Seattle , Washington , USA ; † 22. August 1984 in Aberdeen , Washington ) was an American boxer in the middleweight and both world champions of the Association NYSAC and the NBA .

Between 1941 and 1948 Steele also appeared as an actor in a total of 28 films, where he played his most important roles probably in the comedy Heil the Victorious Hero of Preston Sturges and in the war film Battle Thunderstorm on Monte Cassino alongside Robert Mitchum .

In 1999 Steele was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame .

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personal data
SURNAME Steele, Freddie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American boxer and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle , Washington , USA
DATE OF DEATH 22nd August 1984
Place of death Aberdeen , Washington