Sam Goldberg #1

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Born Samuel Goldberg, he fought as a lightweight in the 1910s as ‘Young McGowan’. According to his great-grandson, after retiring, he headed up the Dry Cleaning union and had a few run-ins with famous gangsters of the era. He self-published his autobiography called “Fighter in a Naphtha Ring.”

Picture from left to right Pete Shaprio, KO Phil Kaplan, Al Buck, Jack Dempsey, Solly Seeman and Sam Goldberg.