Dennis Shepherd should not be confused with Dennis Shepard.
Dennis Shepherd | |
Birth Date: | 11 October 1926 |
Birth Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Death Date: | 12 June 2006 (aged 79) |
Death Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Dennis Shepherd (11 October 1926 - 12 June 2006) was a South African boxer who won the silver medal in the featherweight division at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Shepherd died at age 79 in Lichtenburg.
Below is the record of Dennis Shepherd, a South African featherweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics:
Shepherd continued to box as an amateur until 1950 when he was eliminated in the opening round of the British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. He subsequently retired from boxing without having embarked on a professional career.