Jake LaMotta
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: Maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: Giacobbe <i>Jake</i> LaMotta (1922-2017) was an American professional boxer. Between 1941-1954 <i>The Bronx Bull </i> won 83 bouts, 30 by knock out, with 19 losses and four draws, becoming middleweight champion of the world from June 16, 1949 – February 14, 1951. Later in his career, the fighter moved to the light heavyweight class.
label: Description
content: After boxing, LaMotta owned a bar, acted and did stand up comedy. In 1960 he admitted to fixing a fight in 1947 due to mob influence. In 1980, Director Martin Scorsese adapted the oft-troubled boxer's 1970 autobiography <i>Raging Bull </i> into a feature film.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Boxing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0566.23
label: accession number
content: 1982.0566
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0566.23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, boxing
label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; x 3.175 cm