Christchurch Star
Dates
- Existence: 1868 - Present
Biography
The Christchurch Star newspaper was a local daily paper which ran from 1868-1990 and since then has run as a free paper, currently produced once a week.
Found in 5830 Collections and/or Records:
Boxing Personalities: Ferris, Gordon, 1981
Photograph of boxer, Gordon Ferris, celebrating his win of the British heavyweight title.
Boxing Personalities: Fidow, Alec, 1974
Portrait of boxing trainer Alec Fidow.
Boxing Personalities: Fidow, Jimmy, 1963-1964
Photographs relating to Christchurch middleweight boxer Jimmy Fidow. The photographs include three action shots of Fidow and a group portrait of Fidow with his two brothers, Alec and Lole. Other figures identified in the photographs are Bobby Baglin and B. Tyson.
Boxing Personalities: Fidow, Lole, 1963
Portrait of Canterbury heavyweight boxer Lole Fidow.
Boxing Personalities: Fidow, Stanley, 1970
Portrait of Christchurch boxer Stanley Fidow.
Boxing Personalities: Finnegan, Chris, 1971-1981
Photographs relating to British heavyweight boxer Chris Finnegan. The photographs include eight action shots, depicting Finnegan competing in various international heavyweight tournaments. People identified in the photographs include Bob Foster; 'Gypsy' John Frankham; Conny Velensek; Eddie Avoth; Jan Lubbers; Rudi Schmidtke; John Conteh; and Roy John.
Boxing Personalities: Finnegan, Kevin, 1977
Action shots of British middleweight boxer, Kevin Finnegan, competing against Alan Minter at the Empire Pool, Wembley.
Boxing Personalities: Fisher, Norm, 1969-1977
Photographs of New Zealand boxer Norman (Norm) Fisher. The photographs include two individual portraits of Fisher and one group portrait with his son, Harley.
Boxing Personalities: Fitzsimmons, Paul, 1960-1970
Photographs of Christchurch boxer Paul Fitzsimmons. The photographs include two portraits and two action shots, one of which depicts Fitzsimmons competing against W. Findlay in a light-welterweight fight. Opponent, Dion Murphy also features in another photograph.
Boxing Personalities: Fitzsimmons, Robert, 1966-1988
Photographs related to late 19th/early 20th century boxer Robert (Bob) Fitzsimmons. The photographs include Fitzsimmon's childhood home in Cornwall and an unveiling of a statue in Timaru in the 1980s.