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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 5830 Collections and/or Records:

Boxing Personalities: Redden, Rex, 1970

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/336
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Photographs of New Zealand boxer Rex Redden. One of the photographs is an action shot, depicting Redden competing against Ron Carstairs for the lightweight title.

Dates: 1970

Boxing Personalities: Revill, Lance, 1974-1990

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/337
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Photographs of Auckland heavyweight boxer Lance Revill. One of the photographs is a portrait, and the other depicts Revill with a deep gash above his left eye.

Dates: 1974-1990

Boxing Personalities: Rhiney, Henry, 1978-1979

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/338
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Photographs of British welterweight boxer Henry Rhiney. One of the photographs depicts Rhiney celebrating his winning of the European welterweight crown.

Dates: 1978-1979

Boxing Personalities: Richardson, Dick, 1960-1976

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/339
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Photographs relating to Welsh heavyweight boxer Dick Richardson. One of the photographs is an action shot, depicting Richardson competing against Germany's Hans Kalbfell for the European title.

Dates: 1960-1976

Boxing Personalities: Rivera, Jose, 1988

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/340
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Photograph of Puerto Rican boxer, Jose Rivera, weighing himself prior to his fight against South Africa's Brian Mitchell for the junior lightweight world title.

Dates: 1988

Boxing Personalities: Roach, Brian, 1970-1973

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/341
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Portraits of Canterbury light-welterweight boxer Brian Roach.

Dates: 1970-1973

Boxing Personalities: Roberts, Johnny, 1963

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/342
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Photographs of Indigenous Australian lightweight boxer Johnny Roberts.

Dates: 1963

Boxing Personalities: Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1949-1979

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/343
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Photographs relating to American heavyweight boxer 'Sugar' Ray Robinson. The photographs include six action shots of Robinson competing for the world title. People identified in the photographs include Steve Belloise; Bob Young; Gene Follmer; Rocky Graziano; Kid Gavilan; Milly Bruce; Ray Jr. Robinson; Randy Turpin; Carmen Basilio; Carl 'Bobo' Olson; and Ewa Aulin.

Dates: 1949-1979

Boxing Personalities: Rocchigiani, Graciano, 1988

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/344
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Photograph of German boxer, Graciano 'Rocky' Rocchigiani, celebrating his win of the super middleweight IBF world boxing crown.

Dates: 1988

Boxing Personalities: Rodriguez, Louis, 1963-1971

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Identifier: 1072/2/2/10/345
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Photographs of Cuban boxer Louis Rodriguez. The photographs include one action shot, depicting Rodriguez competing against Emile Griffith for the welterweight title at Madison Square Garden.

Dates: 1963-1971