Pete Spanakos
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| Born | July 26, 1938 | ||||||||||
| Residence | Brooklyn, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||
| Club | Elk's Club | ||||||||||
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Petros M. "Pete" Spanakos (born July 26, 1938) is a retired American bantamweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1959 Pan American Games.[2] His twin brother Nick is also a retired competitive boxer.[3][4]
Spanakos twins were born in a Greek family to Michael and Stella Spanakos. They had five brothers and attended the College of Idaho. Pete graduated from Brooklyn Law School and worked most of his career as a counselor for the New York City Board of Education. In 1966 he married a Greek woman named Stratoniki.[1]
References
- 1 2 Spanakos Twins: Boxing Hall of Famers. The National Herald (April 27, 2014)
- ↑ 3.Panamerican Games - Chicago, USA - August 27 - September 7 1959. amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
- ↑ Nick Spanakos. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Pete Spanakos. boxrec.com
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