Franz Dübbers (8 April 1908 – August 1987) was a German
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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who competed in the
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...
.
He was born in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
. In 1924, 1927 and 1928 he was the German Flyweight Champion. In 1925 he was the German Bantamweight Champion and he placed second at the European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
In 1928 he was eliminated in the second round of the
lightweight class in Amsterdam.
He defeated Haakon Lind from Norway but then lost his fight to
Pascual Bonfiglio from Argentina.
References
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Boxmuseum profile
1908 births
1987 deaths
Martial artists from Cologne
Lightweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Germany
Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
German male boxers
20th-century German sportsmen
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