George Drummond (boxer)

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George Drummond
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born1935
Scotland
DiedDecember 2015 (aged 80)
East Kilbride, Scotland
Sport
Sport Boxing
Event
Featherweight
ClubWoodside BC, Fife

George Drummond was a Scottish boxer who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Drummond spent his childhood in Fife but later moved to East Kilbride [1] and in 1957 won a bronze medal for Scotland at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow. [2]

He was a member of the Woodside Boxing Club of Fife [3] and represented Scotland at international level. [4] Drummond also fought at bantamweight and became a boxing TV personality. [5]

He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team [6] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the featherweight event [7] and lost to South African Gert Coetzee in the quarter-final round. [8]

He would eventually complete 370 career fights and after retiring from boxing, worked as a physio and masseur at Dollan Baths. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tributes paid to popular former East Kilbride boxer George Drummond who died aged 80". Daily Record. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "One Scot Wins, Two Beaten in Moscow" . Edinburgh Evening News. 31 July 1957. p. 9. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Fife boxer's second win at Moscow" . The Scotsman. 1 August 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Scots Boxers Draw" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 6 November 1957. p. 312. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Back to Fore" . Edinburgh Evening News. 21 December 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team" . The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Commonwealth (British Empire) Games - Cardiff, Wales - July 18-26 1958". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 24 October 2025.


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