Talk:Max Baer (boxer)

message: Max Baer should not be linked to Nationalities, German as he was American born in Omaha, Nebraska Feb. 11, 1909.
From looking at the diffs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Max_Baer&diff=0&oldid=14596395
I can see that some anonymous soul has added inflamatory heresay which tends to support Ron Howard's new film rather than giving anything factually supported.  Ron Howard, is that you?  :P
he should be in the German-American area not the German area.
True enough, Max only killed one fighter. Ron, stop exagerating, the movie is far from the truth.
I am disappointed that someone would so drastically lie and dehumanize someone like this. If I were related to Max I would definetly make it a public issue. When I saw the movie I loved it, but now that I know it was a total lie...it hurts..James J. Braddock is still my hero, but I am going to make sure I clear Max's name to everyone I know. Ron should be ashamed..James was good enough without the lies. I hope no one turns agianst him because of the Ron Howard bull.
SM: Violette Aimez
:A sensitive jolly butcher? Perhaps inspiration for the slug the carcass scenes in Stallone's films. Metarhyme 22:10, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
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message: There is a pic in the Winkler collection, but who has the copyright is unknown. Since a condition for use is to agree to indemnify Notre Dame in case of litigation, the picture can't be used. Reason: an agreement for use would have to be obtained from the copyright owner, which (for starters) would require doing what the Department of Special Collections of the University Libraries of Notre Dame has not, which is finding out who the copyright owner is. Metarhyme 22:10, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
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message: It's not entirely clear to me what were the religions of Baer's parents.  Note these three passages from the article:
" . . . the son of German immigrant Jacob Baer (1875-1938), who had a Jewish father and a Lutheran mother, and Dora Bales (1877-1938)."
" . . . and Baer had a Jewish father, he became a hero to the Jewish people . . . "
" . . . although he was raised Catholic (his mother's faith)."
Was his father (Jacob) half-Jewish and half-Protestant, and was his mother (Dora) Catholic?  And if Max Baer's father, Jacob, had a Jewish father and a Protestant mother, he would not have been Jewish in the eyes of practicing Jews since Judaism is matralineal.  So, the second passage above would be incorrect.
[Yes, I know that a person with only a Jewish father might consider himself Jewish despite the restrictions of Jewish law.  And yes, I know that many people considered Baer to be "Jewish" or his father to be "Jewish," despite the facts.]
Poldy Bloom 04:33, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: His Parents' Religion

message: I located what appears to be an original quote from Max Baer Jr. in regards to how the Cinderella Man portrayed his father from the New York Daily News. This quote has been incorporated into the main article and I have done some editing to improve styling.
61.222.161.30 05:12, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary of minor rewrites to section: ''Professional boxing career'' 

message: I don't see the signifigance of this line:
Perhaps more significantly, his depiction in Cinderella Man is much less hostile than the boxer Baer played in the movie The Harder They Fall, a role which was clearly based on himself.
Why is the role clearly based on himself?
And if it is, then what does that prove?
Isolater 10:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cinderella Man 

message: As Poldy Bloom has already pointed out above, this article is inconsistent about Baer's ancestry. At the beginning of the article, it is stated that Baer was the son of a "Jewish German immigrant". Then, later on, it says that he had "a Jewish grandfather (on his father's side)". The latter statement would seem to imply that his father was only half-Jewish.
Which was it?
I mean, it's not of earth-shattering significance - but an encyclopedia should always try to get it absolutely right.
Flonto 21:46, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency? 

message: Max Baer was a former heavyweight boxing champion and an active member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Known for his big heart and colorful sense of humor, Max was well loved by his fellow Eagles. When Max died of a heart attack in 1959, the Eagles created a charity fund as a tribute to his memory and as a means of combating the disease that killed him.
The Max Baer Heart Fund’s primary purpose is to aid in heart research and education. Since the fund started in 1959, millions of dollars have been donated to universities, medical centers and hospitals across the United States and Canada for heart research and education.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.166.152.3 (talk) 14:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Max Baer Heart Fund - FOE 

message: I would suggest that the following text in the FAMILY section about the TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies" be changed to include a timeline reference to make it more clear. As it is now, it states: 
"Baer never enjoyed the TV onscreen reward of his son, Max Baer Jr., who played Jethro Bodine in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies). At the time of his death on November 21, 1959, Baer was scheduled to appear in some TV commercials in Los Angeles before returning to his home in Sacramento." 
It would be easier to understand if it were changed to something like:
"Baer unfortunately was never able to enjoy the reward of seeing his son, Max Baer Jr., portray the character of Jethro Bodine on the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies, having passed away before it started its run in 1962. At the time of his death on November 21, 1959, Baer was scheduled to appear in some TV commercials in Los Angeles before returning to his home in Sacramento."
Linstrum (talk) 14:48, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding Max Baer, Jr., and The Beverly Hillbillies 

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