![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/MoeHerscovitch.png/640px-MoeHerscovitch.png&w=640&q=50)
Moe Herscovitch
Canadian boxer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Moe Herscovitch?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Moe 'Montgomery' Hart Herscovitch (27 October 1897 – 22 July 1969) who after taking up boxing during his WWI Canadian Army service with considerable success, won a bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics for Canada in Antwerp as a Middleweight. Hersovitch began his athletic career in 1913 as a prominent rugby player at fullback or flying wing for the Montreal Football Club, of the Inter-Provincial Rugby Union. After the Olympics, around 1921, he began in earnest a successful, and lucrative but relatively brief professional boxing career as a middleweight, which ended around 1924. He would later coach boxing and rugby and serve as an insurance broker beginning around 1924, later establishing his own company, Herscovitch and Sons in Montreal.[2][3][1][4]
Moe Herscovitch | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Born | Montgomery Hart Herscovitch (1897-10-27)27 October 1897 Romania[1] or Montreal |
Died | 22 July 1969(1969-07-22) (aged 71) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Welterweight Middleweight |
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 27 |
Wins | 11 |
Wins by KO | 6 |
Losses | 15 |
Draws | 1 |
Olympic medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Men's Boxing | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
![]() | 1920 Antwerp | Middleweight |