Description
Emile (Spider) Pladner
Name: Emile Pladner
Alias: Spider / Milou
Born: 1906-09-02
Hometown: Paris, Paris, France
Birthplace: Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Died: 1980-03-15 (Age: 73)
Career 1926-1936
Debut: 1926-01-29
Record: 104-16-13
38 KOs 3 KOs
Bouts: 133
Division: Fly
Emile (Spider) Pladner “was a successful sculptor in Paris when he turned pro after winning the European amateur flyweight title in 1925.” The A-Z of World Boxing by Bert Blewett (1996) at p. 36. Among other things, his manager Louis de Ponthieu was known for being the “one-armed” manager.
By the end of 1938 Pladner had become blind. Le Moniteur 24-10-1938 (of Clermont-Ferrand).
