George Knockout Brown Explained

Georgios "George" A. Contas (August 25, 1890 – September 21, 1971) also known as George Knockout Brown was a Greek American middleweight boxer from Chicago, Illinois.^[1]

Biography

He was born on August 25, 1890, in Sparta, Greece. His family moved to Chicago, Illinois. He traveled many times to Australia to fight.^{[2] [3]}

After his boxing career, he was a Sergeant in the Cicero IL Police Department. George and his wife, Sally, had no children.

Notes and References

1. Web site: George Brown . October 5, 2010 . .
2. News: Brown Anxious To Score A Knockout . George knockout Brown, the famous greek battler of Chicago, is determined to do more than merely win the popular decision over Harry Greb when he faces the ... . . November 23, 1916 . October 5, 2010 .
3. Book: J. J. Johnston and Sean Curtin . Chicago Boxing . 2005 . . 33 . Brown was born George Contas (or Condos) in Agriana (outside of Sparta) Greece, and fought nearly all the top middleweights in the United States and Australia. Nobody could knock him out ... . 0-7385-3210-X .