Andy Peace
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 January 1945 Lochore, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 June 2009 (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Fife & Clackmannan Miners ABC | ||||||||||||||
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Andrew Peace (28 January 1945 – 29 June 2009) was a boxer from Scotland who competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Biography
Peace, born in Lochore, Scotland, boxed out of the Fife & Clackmannan Miners Amateur Boxing Club.[1] He was the 1965 Scottish champion.[2]
Peace represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team[3] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,[4] participating in the 67kg welterweight category.[5] He won the bronze medal.[6]
Towards the end of the Games, Peace and fellow Scottish team member John Kellie were blamed for setting off fireworks in the athletes village and were sent home early from the Games. They denied that they set off the fireworks.[7]
Peace turned professional on 18 February 1969 and fought in 16 bouts.[8] After retiring he ran the Exit Boxing Club in Glenrothes. He died in 2009 at the age of 64.[9]
References
- ^ "Three Scots welters face Swiss". Daily Record. 11 January 1966. p. 18. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Somercotes Boxer's Shock Victory". Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press. 21 January 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team". The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 6 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ^ "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ "Coomonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ "Sent home boxers will de disciplined - SABA chief". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 13 August 1966. p. 43. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Andy Peace". Boxer List. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ "Andy Peace". The Herald. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2025.