Terry Spinks

Terence George Spinks MBE (28 February 1938 – 26 April 2012)[1] was an English boxer, who won the gold medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

[3] He had his first professional bout in April 1957, against Jim Loughrey, at Harringay Arena, winning on a stoppage for a cut eye.

[8] After his boxing career ended Spinks became a trainer, coaching the South Korean team at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.

He witnessed the Black September terrorists approaching the Israeli quarters before the Munich massacre and raised the alarm.

[1] More than 200 ex-boxers, including Bobby Neill and several more of Terry's former opponents, attended his funeral at East London Cemetery.