Bob Montgomery
date: label: date made
content: 1940s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Round boxing button has a white ground and a black and white photograph of World Champion boxer Bob Montgomery in the center of the button.
label: Description
content: Boxer Bob Montgomery (1919-1998) was a two-time New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) lightweight boxing champion (1943, 1944.) Overall, the South Carolinian known as the <i>Bobcat</i> compiled a 37-19-3 record, with 37 victories by knock out.
label: Description
content: In 1995, Montgomery was elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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
label: Subject
content: African American
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: 1982.0566.32
label: accession number
content: 1982.0566
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0566.32
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, boxing
label: Object Name
content: pin, boxing
label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm