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Christchurch Star

 Organization

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 2657 Collections and/or Records:

Boxing Personalities: Fidow, Lole, 1963

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/130
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Portrait of Canterbury heavyweight boxer Lole Fidow.

Dates: 1963

Boxing Personalities: Fidow, Stanley, 1970

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/131
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Portrait of Christchurch boxer Stanley Fidow.

Dates: 1970

Boxing Personalities: Finnegan, Chris, 1971-1981

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/132
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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.

Dates: 1971-1981

Boxing Personalities: Finnegan, Kevin, 1977

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/133
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Action shots of British middleweight boxer, Kevin Finnegan, competing against Alan Minter at the Empire Pool, Wembley.

Dates: 1977

Boxing Personalities: Fisher, Norm, 1969-1977

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/134
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Photographs of New Zealand boxer Norman (Norm) Fisher. The photographs include two individual portraits of Fisher and one group portrait with his son, Harley.

Dates: 1969-1977

Boxing Personalities: Fitzsimmons, Paul, 1960-1970

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/135
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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.

Dates: 1960-1970

Boxing Personalities: Fitzsimmons, Robert, 1966-1988

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/136
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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.

Dates: 1966-1988

Boxing Personalities: Folasi, Gaulua, 1978

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/137
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Portrait of boxing personality Gaulua Folasi.

Dates: 1978

Boxing Personalities: Foreman, George, 1973-1989

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/138
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Photographs related to American heavyweight champion George Foreman. The photographs include six action shots, depicting Foreman competing for various international heavyweight titles. People identified in the photographs include Dick Sadler; Archie Moore; Ken Norton; Joe Frazier; Jerry Perenchio; Joe King Roman; Harry Valan; Arthur Mercante; and Dwight Muhammad Qawi.

Dates: 1973-1989

Boxing Personalities: Foster, Bob, 1972-1974

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/139
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Photographs relating to light-heavyweight boxer Bob Foster. The photographs include three action shots, one of which depicts Foster competing against Chris Finnegan for the world title at Wembley. Competitor Pierre Fourie also features in one of the photographs.

Dates: 1972-1974