Tommy Wells (boxer)

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Tommy Wells
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Sport
SportBoxing
EventFlyweight/Bantamweight
ClubLeith Victoria A.A.C.
Medal record
Boxing
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
British Empire Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1934 London bantamweight

Thomas Wells was a boxer who competed for Scotland and won a bronze medal at the British Empire Games. [1]

Biography

Wells was best known for representing Scotland at the 1934 British Empire Games, where he won the bronze medal in the bantamweight division [2] [3] at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, losing to eventual gold medallist Eddie Ryan in the semi-final. [4]

He boxed out of the Leith Victoria A.A.C. in Edinburgh. [5] In November 1934 he held the Leith Victoria club titles at both flyweight and featherweight [6] and in 1936, Wells was living at Main Street in Kirkliston and was the Scottish and Eastern District flyweight champion. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Wells". Team Scotland. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Scotland London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Empire Games Boxing" . Liverpool Daily Post. 11 August 1934. Retrieved 19 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Leith Victoria A.A.C. Title Achievements". Leith Victoria A.A.C. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Boxer's success" . West Lothian Courier. 16 November 1934. Retrieved 25 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Boxer's success" . Linlithgowshire Gazette. 3 July 1936. Retrieved 25 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.


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