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John Morrissey (February 12, 1831 – May 1, 1878), also known as Old Smoke, was an Irish American politician, bare-knuckle boxing champion, and criminal. He was born in 1831 in Ireland. His parents moved to New York State when he was a young child.
John Morrissey (nacido el 12 de febrero de 1831 en el Condado de Tipperary, República de Irlanda y fallecido el 1 de mayo de 1878 en Troy, Nueva York) también conocido como "Old Smoke", fue un boxeador de los que no usaban guantes, y miembro de una pandilla de Nueva York en la década de 1850, años más tarde terminó convirtiéndose en un ...
John Morrissey también conocido como "Old Smoke", fue un boxeador de los que no usaban guantes, y miembro de una pandilla de Nueva York en la década de 1850, años más tarde terminó convirtiéndose en un senador demócrata y un congresista de Nueva York, Morrissey comenzó su carrera de boxeador con los nudillos al descubierto después de ...
5 de abr. de 2024 · Morrissey lived the real-life story of the world portrayed in the 2002 film "Gangs of New York" – he defended Irish immigrants from nativist anti-Catholics like Bill the Butcher and his Bowery Boys.
- Frederick Wertz
12 de feb. de 2021 · This fight made John Morrissey the most well-known sports figure in the world. His political career began in opposition to Tammany ward bosses in the Fifth Ward of New York in the mid-1850s.
5 de feb. de 2021 · Of all the longshots to achieve improbable glory in the storied history of American thoroughbred racing, there is arguably no more astonishing rags-to-riches odyssey than that of John Morrissey, the driving force behind the inaugural Saratoga meeting in 1863 and the founder of Saratoga Race Course.
18 de dic. de 2023 · John Morrissey's life and legacy have often been misrepresented due to historical biases held by his political adversaries and perpetuated by later authors like Herbert Asbury in his 1928 book ...
