Tony Byrne (boxer)
Statue by Laury Dizangremel in Drogheda | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anthony Byrne | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Socks | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 July 1930 Drogheda, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 April 2013 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||
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Anthony Byrne (6 July 1930 – 27 April 2013), commonly known as Tony Byrne or Socks Byrne, was an amateur boxer. Byrne won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, in the lightweight division.