ko death_date death_place weight birth_place nationality article_title total birth_date nickname draws wins realname losses name style
5 2 may 2013 wakefield , england middle/light heavy/cruiserweight wakefield , england british ernie field
 19 6 february 1943 ernie ` close ' , the old english word for ` , field ' -rrb- ` cloise -lrb- yorkshire dialect pronunciation of 1 6 ernest field 12 ernest field initially orthodox , then southpaw
ernie field

ernest `` ernie '' field -lrb- 6 february 1943 -- 2 may 2013 -lrb- aged 70 -rrb- -rrb- born in wakefield , was an english amateur middleweight and professional light heavy/cruiserweight boxer , and rugby league footballer of the 1960s , playing at club level for stanley rangers arlfc , wakefield trinity ` a ' , and bramley , as a , or , i.e. number 3 or 4 , or 13 , during the era of contested scrums .
he initially lived at bottomboat , near stanley , later moving to outwood , and he studied at stanley secondary modern .
he died at snapethorpe hall care home , wakefield from throat cancer -lrb- oropharyngeal cancer -rrb- having developed dementia .
outside boxing he worked initially as a motor mechanic , then as a fitter for the national coal board at lofthouse colliery -lrb- wakefield -rrb- , bouncer , paviour -lrb- paver -rrb- , and general construction worker .
