Jimmy Clark's robe at the CSHoF museum.

Jimmy Clark

Jimmy Clark was born in Norfolk, VA, but later moved-to Jamestown and made his name in boxing.

Unofficial records show Clark had over 75 pro and amateur fights and lost only four in the pros and two as an amateur.

Clark still holds the national Olympic trials record by scoring five knock-outs in live qualifying bouts which easily put him on the United States team as its middleweight (160 pounds) for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

At Berlin Clark won the Pre-Olympics, staged as a prelude to the games at Adolph Hitler’s request. In the Olympics, Clark won his first two bouts and lost a decision in the finals.

Clark’s biggest win as a pro was over Tony Zale in Chicago on a first- ground knockout. Zale was being groomed for a shot at the title and Clark was considered a stepping stone.

Jimmy Clark was inducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. He died in 1994.

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Trivia

CSHOF inductee Howard Ehmke held a World Series strikeout record of 13 for 24 years before Carl Erskine, pitching for the Brooklyn Dodgers, broke it in 1953. What CSHOF inductee was in the other team's dugout to witness that feat?