Boxing gold medallist Spinks dies2012-04-27 · ABC Online
Terry Spinks, who won an Olympic boxing gold medal for Britain at the 1956 Melbourne Games, has died after a long illness at age 74. Spinks, who was just 18 when he beat Romanian Mircea Dobrescu to strike gold, died at his home in Essex just outside…
Terry Spinks: From dustman to Olympic boxing champion2012-04-27 · BBC Sport
By Mike Costello BBC boxing commentator Terry Spinks was working as a dustman in London's East End when he got a late call-up for the Games in Melbourne in 1956. At the time, there was a feeling in amateur boxing circles that Spinks was too young and…
Olympic boxing legend Terry Spinks dies2012-04-26 · BBC Sport
Terry Spinks, who won boxing gold at the 1956 Olympics at the age of only 18, has died at the age of 74. East Londoner Spinks, the youngest Briton to win an Olympic boxing gold medal, died at his Essex home after a long illness. The baby-faced Spinks,…