Young Pluto

Joseph William Dudley Brown (10 July 1872 in Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony – 3 March 1931 at Mosman Park, Western Australia[1]) was a South African-born[2] featherweight boxer, better known as Young Pluto, later Joe Pluto, who lived in Australia for most of his life.

[6] Pluto worked on tug-boats as a boy, and was apprenticed to a racing stable, where he rode winners at a light weight.

He attended the Lyceum Athletic Hall in Fitzroy and was matched with South Melbourne footballer Dick Doran, and with Clancy.

He worked as a battery attendant and physical trainer at the Bayley's Reward Gold Mine at Coolgardie.

[7] In 1894 he beat Benny Marks to win the Western Australian lightweight title at Coolgardie's Theatre Royal.

[11] He died on 3 March 1931 at Mosman Park,[1] a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, after a long heart-related illness.