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George Lewis " Tex " Rickard (January 2, 1870 – January 6, 1929 [1]) was an American boxing promoter, founder of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), and builder of the third incarnation of Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Apr 4, 2024 · Tex Rickard (born Jan. 2, 1870/71, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.—died Jan. 6, 1929, Miami Beach, Fla.) was an American gambler and fight promoter who made boxing fashionable and highly profitable. His promotions featuring Jack Dempsey , world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926, attracted the first five “million-dollar gates” ($1,000,000 or ...
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Apr 13, 2015 · April 13, 2015 By Brian Bunk. Dempsey-Carpentier boxing match, 1921. (Tex Rickard center) (Photo: Library of Congress) One of the most important, if perhaps least known, figures in modern American sports history is George “Tex” Rickard. In some ways, his story is almost too extraordinary to be true.
George (Tex) Rickard led boxing into the era of million-dollar gates, huge crowds and fights at Madison Square Garden. Born in Missouri in 1871, Rickard left school at age nine. In 1894, he went to Alaska and discovered gold, although he later remarked that he sold his claim for too low a price. When the Klondike gold rush started, Rickard ran ...
Apr 15, 2008 · A teenage cowboy from Texas who moved on to fame and fortune as a gambler in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890’s, Rickard is best remembered today as America’s foremost boxing...
Founded in 1926 by Tex Rickard, the Rangers are one of the Original Six teams that competed in the NHL before its 1967 expansion, along with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Oct 16, 2018 · George Lewis “Tex” Rickard was one of boxing’s greatest promoters. In the early years, he ushered in the golden age of prizefighting, the period from the 1920s through 1950s. He was a gambler who would wager on anything. Tex Rickard. In 1921, the sporting world had its first million-dollar gate.
