Not many Clevelanders of Irish descent can boast that 200,000 people lined the streets of downtown Cleveland just to catch a glimpse of them. That’s what happened on March 17, 1912, when boxer Johnny Kilbane returned from California to his hometown after winning the world featherweight title for the first time a few weeks earlier, on February 22. It was a title Kilbane would retain - Johnny A. - Document - PDFSEARCH.IO

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Date: 2012-02-21 05:18:38 Abe Attell George Chaney Eugène Criqui Boxers Johnny Kilbane Achill Island		Not many Clevelanders of Irish descent can boast that 200,000 people lined the streets of downtown Cleveland just to catch a glimpse of them. That’s what happened on March 17, 1912, when boxer Johnny Kilbane returned from California to his hometown after winning the world featherweight title for the first time a few weeks earlier, on February 22. It was a title Kilbane would retain Add to Reading List Source URL: www.achilltourism.com Download Document from Source Website File Size: 4,19 MB Share Document on Facebook