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Roland Todd

ROLAND TODD WAS BORN ON 14 JANUARY 1900 AT MARYLEBONE LONDON, HE WAS A SEVENTH CHILD BUT THE FIRST SIX DIED AT BIRTH, HIS FATHER WAS ROLAND CROMPTON TODD AND HIS MOTHER WAS ELIZABETH TODD, HIS GREAT GREAT GRAND FATHER WAS JOHN [JACK] MUSTERS THE SQUIRE OF ANNESLEY AND COLWICK HALLS NOTTINGHAM AND WAS A VERY PROMINENT PUGILIST IN THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DISTRICT IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. ROLAND HAD FIVE SONS,

ROLAND TODD FOUGHT TOMMY LOUGHRAN IN 1923 AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. IN THE BOXING BLADE PRINTED IN MINNEAPOLIS DECEMBER 22-1923 IT STATES THAT THE DECISION HANDED DOWN BY THE JUDGES WAS ONE OF THE WORST EVER GIVEN AT THE GARDEN. TODD IN THE WRITERS OPINION WON FIVE ROUNDS LOUGHRAN WON TWO WITH THREE EVEN.THIS FIGHT WAS A DECIDER FOR ROLAND TODD BECAUSE IF HE HAD BEEN GIVEN THE DECISION HE WOULD THEN HAVE BEEN GIVEN A WORLD TITLE FIGHT WITH HARRY GREB.

WHEN ROLAND DID FINALLY GET A FIGHT WITH HARRY GREB IT WAS WROTE IN THE CONTRACT THAT THE REFEREE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE A DECISION AND ALSO THAT ROLAND HAD TO WEIGH IN AT TWO POUNDS OVER THE MIDDLE WEIGHT LIMIT MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ROLAND TO CLAIM THE TITLE NO MATTER WHAT.

ROLAND TODD DIED IN DONASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY ON THE 22nd OF MAY 1969 FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED ON THE 18th OF MAY 1969 WHEN HE WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY A MOTOR CAR TWO HUNDRED YARDS FROM HIS HOME IN BENTLEY DONCASTER, HE NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, THE SURGEON WHO CONDUCTED THE POST MORTEM STATED THAT HIS INTERNALL ORGANS AND HIS PHISICAL CONDITION WAS LIKE A YOUNG MANS.

NAME VENUE DECISION ROUND DATE

1917

FRED BROWN MARYLEBONE W P 10 1917

TED BRISTOW HOLBORN D 6 26-4-17

YOUNG MILLS MARYLEBONE W K O 2 26-11-17

JOE PHILLIPS MARYLEBONE W K O 1 26-11-17

SAM FLETCHER MARYLEBONE W R 6 15-12-17

SEAMAN RUSSELL MARYLEBONE W P 6 22-12-17

FRED BROWN MARYLEBONE W P 10 29-12-17

1918

JIM CONNELL KENTISH TOWN W P 6 2-1-18

BILL JACKS BLACKFRIARS W R 3 5-1-18

SEAMAN RUSSELL MARYLEBONE W P 10 5-1-18

BERT DAY MARYLEBONE W P 10 12-1-18

BILL JOHNSON BLACKFRIARS W P 6 21-1-18

MOG JENKINS N S C W P 6 22-2-18

PRIVATE LOCK BLACKFRIARS W P 6 23-2-18

CORP JACK SMITH BLACKFRIARS W R 6 28-2-18

GINGER ARNOLD PLYMOUTH W P 15 8-3-18

FRED CLANCY BLACKFRIARS W P 10 9-3-18

TRP PETE HENNINGS N S C W D 7 8-4-18

FRED NEWBERRY N S C L P 10 8-5-18

BEN STEVENSON LIVERPOOL W R S F 5 30-5-18

BILLY FULLERTON N S C W P 15 21-6-18

BILLY WILLIAMS HOXTON W P 15 14-10-18

INTER ALLIED MIDDLEWEIGHT COMPETION

CPL WRIGHT N S C W P 3 16-10-18

CPL COOK N S C W K O 2 16-10-18

CPL CLARK N S C W P 3 16-10-18

AIR MECH MCFARLAND N S C W P 3 16-10-18

BERT DAY BLACKFRIARS W R 6 21-10-18

SEAMAN TOPLASS SOUTHAMPTON W R 3 15-11-18

EDDIE SHEVLIN N S C L P 10 18-12-18

1919

BERT DAY DONCASTER W P 15 31-3-19

ARCHIE NORTHROPE NEWCASTLE W R 12 19-4-19

ALBERT BROWN DONCASTER W R S F 5 28-4-19

ALF CRAIG BLACKFRIARS W P 20 3-5-19

CHARLIE WOODMAN NEWCASTLE W P 20 19-5-19

LISCOMBE MORLAND LIVERPOOL W K O 7 22-5-1

EDDIE FEATHERS BLACKFRIARS BOTH DISQUALIFIED 13 2-6-19

HARRY KNIGHT BLACKFRIARS W K O 3 14-6-19

ARTHUR MASKELL N S C W R 8 16-6-19

SID BURNS BLACKFRIARS W R 14 28-6-19

FRANK MOODY SHEFFIELD D 15 2-8-19

JIM HARRIS BLACKFRIARS W DIS 9 8-9-19

HARRY SHOOP BLACKFRIARS W P 20 29-9-19

JOHNNY BEE HOLBORN L P 15 28-11-19

1920

HARRY CURZON SHEFFIELD W P 15 26-1-20

JIM HARRIS SHEFIELD W DIS 8 23-2-20

BARNEY TOOLEY DONCASTER ? W P 15 ? ? ?

TOM EVANS PLYMOUTH W R 8 8-5-20

EDDIE FEATHERS N S C N D 15 28-6-20

LOUIS VERGER BLACKFRIARS W K O 3 8-7-20

CHARLIE KEMP NEWCASTLE W K O 9 11-10-20

IKE CLARK NEWCASTLE W P 20 15-11-20

JIM RIDEOUT FULHAM W R 8 1-12-20

ALBERT CROUCHER SOUTHAMPTON W P 15 16-12-20

FRANK MOODY NEWCASTLE W K O 9 13-12-20

1921

EUGENE JAMY BLACKFRIARS W R 10 10-1-21

BANDSMAN BLAKE FULHAM W K O 6 26-1-21

TOM BERRY DONCASTER D 15 31-1-21

JOHNNY BEE LIVERPOOL W R 8 3-2-21

ALBERT CROUCHER SOUTHAMPTON W P 15 14-2-21

JACK WALKER SOUTHAMPTON W P 15 23-2-21

ARCHIE NORTHROPE DONCASTER W R E T 5 7-3-21

FRED DONOVAN MANCHESTER W R S F 5 28-3-21

SHOE SMITH FED DAVIES NEWCASTLE W R S F 20 25-4-21

DAVE MAGILL BELFAST W P 15 9-5-21

SUNNY CROFTS SHEFFIELD W R E T 5 30-7-21

CHARLIE PENWELL NEWCASTLE W R E T 11 19-9-21

TOM BERRY DONCASTER W P 20 26-9-21

TOM BERRY NEWC ASTLE W R E T 7 17-10-21

ROCKY KNIGHT DONCASTER W R S F 11 24-10-21

WILL BROOKS FULHAM W P 20 2-11-21

BANDSMAN DICK RICE LEEDS W D I S 12 7-11-21

ALBERT CROUCHER HOXTON W K O 3 14-11-21 HARRY DRAKE NEWCASTLE W P 15 28-11-21 HAROLD ROLPH DONCASTER W P 15 12-12-21

SHOE SMITH FRED DAVIES N S C W P 20 19-12-21

DICK RICE LEEDS W F 12 7 11-21

1922

BERT DAY DONCASTER W R S F 6 3-4-22

GUS PLATTS DONCASTER W P 15 27-4-22

TOMMY WHITE N S C W K O 12 8-5-22

TED MOORE CRYSTAL PALACE W P 15 27-5-22

FRANKIE BURNS LIVERPOOL W R E T 12 28-8-22

BERT ONEILL GRIMSBY W P 15 16-10-22

IKE CLARK DONCASTER W R S F 6 1-11-22

TED KID LEWIS HOLLAND PARK L P 20 20-11-22

1923

TED KID LEWIS ALBERT HALL W P 20 15-2-23

AUGIE RATNER HOLLAND PARK W P 20 4-6-23

TOMMY LOUGHRAN NEW YORK L P 10 10-12-23

1924

JOCK MALONE BOSTON U S A L P 10 18-1-24

ITALIAN JOE GANS WILKES-BARRE U S A W P 10 31-1-24

JOCK MALONE ST PAUL U S A L K O 10 28-3-24

JOE BLOOMFIELD PREMIERLAND W P 20 20-10-24

EUROPEAN MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE

BRUNO FRATTINI MILAN L P 20 30-11-24

1925

LEN JOHNSON MANCHESTER L P 20 23-2-25

FRANCIS CHARLES PARIS D 15 5-5-25

BILLY FARMER DONCASTER W P 20 23-7-25

CHARLIE RING BLACKFRIARS W R S F 16 7-9 25

LEN JOHNSON MANCHESTER L P 15 25-9-25

1926

DAVE SHADE NEW YORK U S A L P 10 1-1 26

HARRY GREB TORONTO N D 12 11-1-26

JIMMY SLATTERY BOSTON U S A L P 10 16-1-26

BILLY VIDABECK JERSEY CITY U S A N D 10 19-2 26

FRANKIE CAMPBELL OAKLAND U S A D 10 31-3-26

ALLENTOWN JOE GANS WILKES- BARRE L R S F 9 7-5 26

FRANKIE BURNS NOTTINGHAM W R S C 5 13-12-26

1927

ARMAND DE CAROLIS PREMIERLAND W R S C 12 2-1-27

FRANK MOODY ALBERT HALL L P 15 16-2-27

FRANK FOWLER YORK L P 15 24-10-27

CON OKELLY HULL D 15 28-11-27

1928

ALONZO DORTMOND L P 15 11-3-28

GERARD DEBARBIEUX YORK W P 15 23-1-28

FRANK FOWLER YORK L P 15 13-2-28

MAXIE ROSENBLOOM PREMIERLAND L P 15 15-6-28

MARIO BOSISIO TURIN L R E T 8 14-7-28

MICHEL BONAGLIA YORK L K O 7

EDGAR NORMAN CHRISTBNSEN OSLO L K O 8 19-11-28

1929

TED SANDWINA LIVERPOOL L R S F 4 28-2-29


Dave Shade and Roland Todd weigh-in photo supplied by Scott Shade

Fight Record and bio was supplied by Roland Todd's son Eddie Todd. 
Eddie Todd would like any further photos of Roland Todd and 
would also like to swap any photos with the Shade family. 
Eddie Todd can be contacted at audrey.todd@virgin.net



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