RIP Kevin Hogarth, our first Olympic star

Allan Murphy

MILDURA’S first Olympic Games medallist, Kevin Hogarth, has died at the age 88. Mr Hogarth was 22 when he competed in the 1956 Olympic Games boxing welterweight division, reaching the semi-finals. In that bout, against Irishman Fred Tiedt, many believed Mr Hogarth had done enough to win the fight and push for a gold medal, however […]

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