Jack Dempsey

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2020-02-07 10:27
Character Key Number: 
2352
Display Name: 
Jack Dempsey
Sort Name: 
Dempsey, Jack
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

Born William Harrison Dempsey, "Jack" Dempsey was World Heavyweight boxing champion form 1921 to 1926 when he lost his title to Gene Tunney. His name is used in "Lion" and again in Go Down, Moses along with three other famous heavyweight boxers to measure how highly the hunters of Yoknapatawpha regard the dog Lion and the bear Old Ben as heavyweights and champions too.

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