- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Edgett
- Wiki Biography:
- Bob Edgett (1930 – September 20, 2011) was a Canadian former boxer and amateur boxing coach.
- Robert Edgett was born in 1930 in Midgic, New Brunswick, Canada.
- After WWII, he was at sea with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1949 to 1951.
- The amateur boxer started working for Corrections Canada as a guard at Dorchester Penitentiary in 1955. Edgett retired as a correctional officer in 1988
- At the age of 15 in 1945, Bob Edgett took up training with Mount Allison University and Academy students through their athletic program.
- In his early bouts around Sackville-Amherst, he racked up twelve wins before losing to Lucky Abrams, then moved to Toronto for ten months, boxing out of the Diamond Boxing Club and at Massey Hall.
- Edgett notably captured a three-round decision in Toronto in 1948 against Earl Walls, then the Canadian heavyweight champion and a top-ranked fighter worldwide.
- Edgett established an amateur boxing club, known as Bob Edgett’s Boxing Club (BEBC), in Sackville, New Brunswick, in June 1953.
- Third Great grandson to United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=2529
- Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263376603/robert-a-edgett
UEL Canada 