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Born and raised at Jacksons Track in Victoria as well as the town of Warragul, Rose grew up in hardship and learned to box from his father, Roy, who was a skilled fighter at local house shows. Rose was of the Gunditjmara (Dhauwurd Wurrung) people.
Lionel Rose (born June 21, 1948, Labertouche, Victoria, Australia—died May 8, 2011, Warragul, Victoria) was an Australian professional boxer, world bantamweight champion, 1968–69. He was the first Aboriginal person to win a world boxing title.
Lionel Rose was born on 21 June 1948, in Victoria, Australia. His father, Roy, was a skilful fighter and his mother’s name was Regina. His was a big family and he had several siblings.
Lionel Rose was born June 21, 1948, and raised in Jackson's Track, a poor aboriginal settlement 50 miles south of Melbourne. The oldest of nine children in an aboriginal family, Rose was on the wrong side of a society divided by racism, mistrust, and economic disparity.
BIRTH PLACE: Jackson Track (Labertouche), South Eastern Victoria. FIRST LANGUAGE: English. SIGNIFICANT LOCALITIES: Jackson Track (Labertouche): Where Lionel lived in a one-room tin hut until the age of ten. (p.8)
He won the ABC Sportsman of the Year Award in 1968, and became a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1968. He was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995. Rose boxed to emulate his father and his idol, twice Australian lightweight champion George Bracken.
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Rose was born and raised in Victoria. He was born at Jacksons Track, and lived in the town of Warragul. Rose had a difficult childhood. He learned to box from his father, Roy. Roy was a skilled fighter who competed in local house shows. At the age of 10, Rose was given a pair of gloves by his teacher, Ian Hawkins.
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