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Irving Ungerman, aged eighteen, in front of Royce Ave. Poultry Market, 216 Royce Avenue, Toronto
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 682
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 682
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Born on February 1, 1922, in Toronto, Irving Ungerman was Canada’s premier boxing promoter and manager of championship-class boxers, most notably George Chuvalo. He was the first person ever elected to the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame in 1973 and received the Order of Ontario in 2000.
- Ungerman instituted boxing on Canadian closed-circuit television in the early 1960s and was responsible for establishing Canada’s Friday Night at the Fights on commercial TV.
- In addition to the world of boxing, Ungerman served on the 1972 organizing committee that developed the inaugural hockey series between Team Canada and the Soviet National Team. And he was a key figure on the organizing committee responsible for bringing Major League Baseball to Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- Royce Ave. is now Dupont St.
- Name Access
- Royce Avenue Poultry Market
- Ungerman, Irv
- Ungerman, Irving
- Subjects
- Matchmakers (Boxing)
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Dupont Street (Toronto. Ont.)
- Royce Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions