Hugh Cameron (boxer)

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Hugh Cameron
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
BornC.1918
Scotland
Sport
SportBoxing
EventFlyweight
ClubPort Glasgow AAC
Medal record
Boxing
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
British Empire Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1938 Sydney flyweight

Hugh MacDonald Cameron (c.1918) [1] was a boxer who competed for Scotland and won a bronze medal at the British Empire Games. [2]

Biography

Cameron was best known for representing the Scottish team, where he won the bronze medal in the flyweight division [3] [4] at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia, losing to eventual silver medallist Joe Gagnon in the semi-final. [5]

He boxed out of the Port Glasgow AAC. [6]

At the time of the 1938 Games, he was an apprentice driller and living at 18 Port Glasgow Road, Greenock. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, Brisbane to London Arrival - 1 Apr 1938". Ancestry. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Hugh Cameron". Team Scotland. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Medal Standings Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Another Day of Records at Empire Games" . The Scotsman. 8 February 1938. Retrieved 28 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Amateur Boxing" . Edinburgh Evening News. 19 February 1936. Retrieved 25 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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