Jack Doyle (boxing promoter) explained

Jack Doyle (boxing promoter) should not be confused with Jack Doyle (boxer).

Birth Name:	John Joseph Doyle
Birth Date:	27 December 1877
Birth Place:	Oakland, California, U.S.
Death Place:	Santa Monica, California, U.S.

Jack Doyle (December 27, 1877January 30, 1944) was an American railroad engineer, saloon owner, boxing promoter, and oil-industry investor. In the 1910s he ran what was called the "longest bar in the world" in Vernon, California, United States. He was later instrumental in the creation of both the Vernon Coliseum and the Olympic Auditorium. He retired from fight promotion by 1932 and successfully transitioned to oil drilling at Signal Hill.^{[1] [2] [3]}

He also had a ranch in Kern County.^[4] His brother Thomas Doyle served in the California State Assembly. Doyle died in Santa Monica, California, in 1944 at the age of 66.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rasmussen . Cecilia . 1997-06-23 . A Teetotaler's Bar and Boxing Mecca . 2024-05-16 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
2. News: 1944-01-31 . Jack Doyle, Promoter of Boxing Bouts, Dies; Founder of Famous Vernon Arena Passes in Santa Monica . 2024-05-17 . The Los Angeles Times . 19.
3. Book: Fowler, Gene . Father Goose: The Story of Mack Sennett . New York . Covici, Friede . 1934 . 249–262 .
4. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVK-2XW : 24 December 2021), John Joseph Doyle, 1917-1918.
5. "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994",, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGMK-8KNN : Fri Mar 08 14:49:53 UTC 2024), Entry for John Joseph Doyle and Patrick M Doyle, 30 January 1944.

   See also

   • List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Wilshire and Westlake areas

   External links

   • Web site: Jack Doyle at Elks Club, Southern California, 1940 . 2024-05-17 . digitallibrary.usc.edu.

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