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Jack Sharkey
1994Aug, 17

Jack Sharkey

Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)
Jack Sharkey (born Joseph Paul Zukauskas, Lithuanian: Juozas Povilas Žukauskas, October 26, 1902 – August 17, 1994) was a Lithuanian-American world heavyweight boxing champion.

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