Dave Thomas | |
Full Name: | David John Thomas |
Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Boxing |
Birth Date: | 29 August 1937 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Death Date: | October 1980 (aged 43) |
David John Thomas (29 August 1937 - October 1980) was a British boxer.
Thomas competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1] At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he lost to Josef Němec of Czechoslovakia.[1] He also represented England and won a silver medal in the -91 Kg category at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2] [3] Thomas was a Amateur Boxing Association of England three times heavyweight champion (1957, 1958, 1959) when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club.[4]