George Drummond (boxer)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Scottish) |
| Born | 1935 Scotland |
| Died | December 2015 (aged 80) East Kilbride, Scotland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
Event | Featherweight |
| Club | Woodside BC, Fife |
George Drummond was a Scottish boxer who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Drummond spent his childhood in Fife but later moved to East Kilbride[1] and in 1957 won a bronze medal for Scotland at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow.[2]
He was a member of the Woodside Boxing Club of Fife[3] and represented Scotland at international level.[4] Drummond also fought at bantamweight and became a boxing TV personality.[5]
He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team[6] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the featherweight event[7] and lost to South African Gert Coetzee in the quarter-final round.[8]
He would eventually complete 370 career fights and after retiring from boxing, worked as a physio and masseur at Dollan Baths.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Tributes paid to popular former East Kilbride boxer George Drummond who died aged 80". Daily Record. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "One Scot Wins, Two Beaten in Moscow". Edinburgh Evening News. 31 July 1957. p. 9. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Fife boxer's second win at Moscow". The Scotsman. 1 August 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scots Boxers Draw". Aberdeen Evening Express. 6 November 1957. p. 312. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Back to Fore". Edinburgh Evening News. 21 December 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 24 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth (British Empire) Games - Cardiff, Wales - July 18-26 1958". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 24 October 2025.