Dick Turpin
(1920-1990)

Died aged 69

Dick Turpin, (26 November 1920 – 7 July 1990) was an English middleweight boxer. He was British and Commonwealth middleweight champion, reputedly being the first black fighter to win a British boxing title. He was elder brother and trainer of the more famous Randolph Turpin, who became world middleweight champion after beating Sugar Ray Robinson in 1951. Dick was the son of Lionel Turpin who had been born in British Guyana and his wife, Beatrice Elizabeth Whitehouse. He had two brothers Jack, who was a featherweight and Randolph, a middleweight.

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Dick (Lional) Turpin British, Commonwealth boxing champion boen in this street 1920-1990 The first black athlete to win a British title in any sport in 1948.

Sainsbury's, Saltisford, Warwick, United Kingdom where they was born near (1920)