Frederick Granville Mallin (4 March 1902 – 1987) was an English

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who competed for Great Britain 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 fought as Fred Mallin.

Boxing career

In 1928, he finished fourth in the middleweight class after losing the bronze medal bout to

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. At the 1930 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the middleweight class after winning the final against Dudley Gallagher. Mallin won the Amateur Boxing Association British middleweight title five times, when boxing out of the Eton Manor ABC. The feat saw him equal his older brother's (

Harry Mallin Henry William Mallin (1 June 1892 – 8 November 1969) was an English middleweight amateur boxer. He came originally from Hackney Wick, his younger brother was the Olympic boxer Fred Mallin. He lived in Dartmouth Park, North London and was ...

) record of winning five titles. He died in London.

References

1902 births 1987 deaths Boxers from the London Borough of Hackney English male boxers Middleweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1930 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England England Boxing champions Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games 20th-century English sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing {{England-boxing-bio-stub