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John Henry Taylor (March 19, 1871 Devon-February
10, 1963) was a England|English golfer and one of
the pioneers of the modern game of golf.  He was a
member of the fabled Great Triumvirate of the
sport in his day, along with Harry Vardon and
James Braid (golfer)|James Braid, and he won The
Open Championship five times. He was employed by
the Royal Mid Surrey Golf Club from 1899 until his
retirement in 1946.

Taylor was a co-founder and the first chairman of
the British Professional Golfers Association
(British Isles)|Professional Golfers' Association.
 Bernard Darwin wrote that Taylor "had turned a
feckless company into a self-respecting and
respected body of men". 

Open Championship wins: 
* 1894 - Royal St George's 
* 1895 - St Andrews 
* 1900 - St Andrews 
* 1909 - Royal Cinque Ports 
* 1913 - Royal Liverpool GC, Hoylake 

==External links==
*
http://www.golfeurope.com/almanac/players/taylor.h
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* http://www.ontgolf.ca/history/golfhistory.html

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John Henry Lewis (1914-1974) was a Boxing|boxer
who was world Light Heavyweight champion.

One interesting fact of his life is that Lewis was
managed by a gambler and racketeer of the 1930s:
Gus Greenlee, a man who became very important to
Baseball|baseball's Negro Leagues as a
commissioner and team owner.

Lewis began his professional career in 1928,
beating Buster Grant by a four round decision, in
Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix. His first 14 fights were
in that city, until 1931, when he travelled to
Prescott, Arizona|Prescott, to fight Sam Terrain
on March 11. This proved to be a tragic event, as
Terrain died as a consequence of the blows
received during Lewis' fourth round
Knockout|knockout win. 

Lewis had nine more wins in a row before facing
future world Heavyweight champion, The Cinderella
Man, James J. Braddock. He beat Braddock by a ten
round decision, but, after two more wins, on
November 16, 1932, he lost for the first time, to
fellow world Light Heavyweight champion Maxie
Rosenbloom, by a decision in ten. 

Lewis fought four more times, winning three and
drawing one, before getting a chance at avenging
his loss to Rosenbloom in 1933, and he won a 10
round decision in their rematch, and again in
their third match. 

In 1934, Lewis had 12 bouts, going 9-1-2 in that
period. He tried to win the Pacific Coast Light
Heavyweight title, drawing with Young Firpo in ten
rounds, and he lost in a rematch with Braddock, by
decision.

In 1935, Lewis won nine bouts in a row, including
one by decision over world Light Heavyweight
champion Bob Olin. Ironically, after he lost two
bouts in a row, he was given a chance at the
world's Light Heavyweight championship by Olin. On
Halloween|Halloween night of that year, in St.
Louis, Lewis became the world's Light Heavyweight
champion by outpointing Olin over 15 rounds.

In his next fight, he lost to Rosembloom in a 10
round, non-title bout by decision.

In 1936, Lewis had 20 fights, going 18-1-1 that
year, but only two of those were world
championship bouts. He retained his belt against
Jock McAvoy and Len Harvey, the latter of which
was defeated at London. Lewis won both title
defenses by decision in 15 rounds.

1937 was another busy year for the world's Light
Heavyweight champion, with 20 more fights and a
record of 18-2 that year. Standing out that year
were his two fights against Al Ettore, of which in
the first, fought over ten rounds, Ettore was
declared the winner but the Pennsylvania boxing
commission changed the official decision to a
draw, and in the second, he beat Ettore by a
decision in 15, following with his eight round
knockout of Olin to defend the title, and his
non-title win over Johnny Risko. 

In 1938, he fought 12 times, going undefeated,
retaining the title against Emilio Martinez by a
knockout in round four, and against Al Gainer, by
decision in 15.

Lewis tried, in 1939, to become the first Light
Heavyweight champion in boxing history to go up in
weight and conquer the world's Heavyweight
championship. On January 25, he was faced with
world Heavyweight champion Joe Louis, who knocked
him out in the first round in New York. This would
turn out to be Lewis' last fight, even through he
didn't know it at the time.

His next fight would have been a rematch with Len
Harvey in London, but Lewis did not pass the
medical tests before the fight, and the fight was
cancelled, so in June of that year, he announced
his retirement.

Lewis had a record of 103 wins, 9 losses and 6
draws, with 60 wins by knockout. His 60 knockout
wins makes him a member of boxing's exclusive club
of winners by knockout 50 or more times.

Lewis is a member of the International Boxing Hall
of Fame.