- Dick Barton (boxer)
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Medal record Men's Boxing British Empire Games Silver 1934 London Welterweight Richard "Dick" Walter Barton (November 22, 1911 – June 29, 1990) was a South African boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Germiston and died in Johannesburg.
In 1932 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the welterweight class after losing his bout to the upcoming gold medalist Edward Flynn.
At the 1934 Empire Games he won the silver medal in the welterweight class after losing the final to Dave McCleave.
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Categories:- 1911 births
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- Olympic boxers of South Africa
- Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
- Boxers at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
- South African boxing biography stubs
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