Framed And Signed Randolph Turpin Card Vintage Mid Century c1950
MED23623.m
£95.00
Randolph Adolphus Turpin (7 June 1928 – 17 May 1966), better known as Randy Turpin, was a British boxer active in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1951 he became world middleweight champion when he defeated Sugar Ray Robinson. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001. On May 17, 1966, Turpin – dogged by debt, depression and the onset of punch drunkenness – was found dead in a flat above the transport cafe he owned in his home town of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. The 37-year-old's body had two gunshot wounds – to the head and heart. This card is signed and framed in a contemporary easel style frame. There's some damage and discolouring, see pictures.
Dimensions frame: 21 x 16 cm or 8.26 x 6.29 Inches.
Weight: 232 grams or 8.2 Ounces.