George Whelan (boxer)

George Whelan

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1934-12-12) 12 December 1934 (age 90) Acton, London, England
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Event	Lightweight
Club	Army & Chiswick General

George Whelan (born 12 December 1934) is a former boxer who competed for England.

Boxing career

Whelan represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada, ^[1] where he participated in the lightweight category. ^{[2] [3]}

He was the 1954 Amateur Boxing Association British lightweight champion, when boxing out of the Army BC. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

References

1. "England Boxers For Empire Games" . Lincolnshire Echo. 14 June 1954. Retrieved 18 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
3. "1954 Athletes". Team England.
4. "Roll of Honour". England Boxing. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
5. "Profile". BoxRec.
6. "Ken Phillips wins title" . Birmingham Daily Gazette. 24 April 1954. Retrieved 27 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.

• Boxing record for George Whelan from BoxRec (registration required)