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!-Ring Champre1 fodr1Conley DiesSIWtmce■- j (Details on Sports Page) SpFrank Conley. 61, 5411 11th Ave., ruformer world's bantamweight nr i i champion, died suddenly this morn-f ing of a heart attack at Simmons nnv company. jIt is estimated that in his fighting l isi i career Conley had 500 matches, but Sp i ! only 65 are in record books today, j paj j One of them was a scheduled 45-round battle with Monte Attell. j Conley knocked out Attell in the ca 42nd round and claimed the then I $ii vacant world's bantam crown. At- T1tells brother. Abe. later fought cj:Conley to a 15 round draw in New js Orleans. iSConley was a familiar figure inGolden Gloves training camps each ccvwI1-V. season.1 He was born Oct. 4. 1890. son ofmhiatwsstl1 the late Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Con-s ley in Platania. province of Catan- ,•v i zaro, Italy, and came to Kenosha e as a_ child. He had been employede at Nash Motors until 1941 and since then at Simmons company. e He was a member of the Evan- 1f gelical United Brethren church. He ^married Miss Jennie Grandinett on 1 July 14. 1923, at Racine. PBesides his widow he is survived by a son ahd a daughter. Tony, Chicago. and Mrs. Robert Busk. Appleton: two brothers and a sister, John and Arthur, and Mrs. Rose Covelli, g all of Kenosha.JleR
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Kenosha Evening News
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Aug 21, 1952
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