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Springer, Steve, 1945-
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Quarry, Jerry, 1945-1999.
Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.
Irish American boxers -- Biography.
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Springer, Steve, 1945-
Quarry, Jerry, 1945-1999.
Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.
Irish American boxers -- Biography.
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Hard
luck
: the
triumph
and
tragedy
of "
Irish
"
Jerry
Quarry
/ Steve Springer and Blake Chavez ; foreword by George Foreman.
by
Springer, Steve, 1945-
Lyons Press, 2011.
Call #:
796.83092 Q1s
Subjects
Quarry
,
Jerry
, 1945-1999.
Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.
Irish
American boxers -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781599219967 (hardback)
1599219964 (hardback)
Description:
iv, 298, [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The story of boxing legend
Jerry
Quarry
has it all: rags to riches, thrilling fights against the giants of the Golden Age of Heavyweights (Ali--twice, Frazier--twice, Patterson, Norton), a racially and politically electric sports era, the thrills and excesses of fame, celebrities, love, hate, joy, and pain. And
tragedy
. Like the man he fought during two highly controversial fight cards in 1970 and '72--Muhammad Ali--boxing great
Jerry
Quarry
was to suffer gravely. He died at age fifty-three, mind and body ravaged by Dementia Pugilistica. In
Hard
Luck
, "
Irish
"
Jerry
Quarry
comes to life--from his Grapes of Wrath days as the child of an abusive father in the California migrant camps to those as the undersized heavyweight slaying giants on his way to multiple title bouts and the honor of being the World's Most Popular Fighter in '68, '69, '70, and '71. The story of
Jerry
Quarry
is one of the richest in the annals of boxing, and through painstaking research and exclusive access to the
Quarry
family and its archives, Steve Springer and Blake Chavez have captured it all"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Biographies.
Other authors:
Chavez, Blake.
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