Eddie Thomas (boxer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eddie Thomas (boxer)

Welsh boxer and manager

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1926

Place of Birth: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Jun-1997

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Eddie Thomas MBE (27 July 1926 – 2 June 1997), was a Welsh boxing champion and boxing manager. Thomas was born in Merthyr Tydfil.
After a highly successful amateur boxing career, he turned professional in 1946.
He won the Welsh welterweight title in 1948, the British welterweight title in 1949, and the European welterweight title in 1951, retaining it for only four months.
He held the British Empire title for a period in the same year. Retiring in 1954, he became the manager of two of Britain's most successful boxing champions, Howard Winstone and Ken Buchanan. Thomas had a successful business career for a time, but in 1994 he was forced to resign as Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil. A BBC TV programme, Champ from Colliers Row, was made about him in 1997, shortly after his death.