Jake LaMotta
date: label: Date made
content: 1950 - 1959
name: label: publisher
content: Berk Ross, Inc.
label: maker
content: Berk Ross, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Boxing card with image of Jake LaMotta on the front of the card. LaMotta's short biography and boxing title are printed on the back of the card. Part of the 72 card set, "Hit Parade Of Champions" issued in 1951 by the Berk Ross Inc. Card No. 3-12.
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.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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: 1982.0568.171
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.171
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, boxing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm