Louis,Joe

Louis,Joe
Lou·is (lo͞oʹĭs), Joe. Originally Joseph Louis Barrow. Known as “the Brown Bomber.” 1914-1981.
American prizefighter who held the heavyweight title for nearly 12 years (1937-1949), successfully defending it for a record 25 times.

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  • Louis, Joe — in full Joseph Louis Barrow born May 13, 1914, Lafayette, Ala., U.S. died April 12, 1981, Las Vegas, Nev. U.S. boxer. Louis was born into a sharecropper s family and only began boxing after the family moved to Detroit. He won the U.S. Amateur… …   Universalium

  • Louis, Joe — (1914 1981)    Born Joe Louis Barrow, the son of sharecroppers and grandson of slaves in Alabama in 1914, the future heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis was one of eight children. When Louis was about two, his father, Monroe Barrow, was… …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

  • Louis, Joe — ► (1914 81) Sobrenombre de Joe Louis Barrow, boxeador estadounidense. Fue campeón del mundo de todas las categorías en 1937 49. * * * p. ext. Joseph Louis Barrow (13 may. 1914, Lafayette, Ala., EE.UU.–12 abr. 1981, Las Vegas, Nev.). Boxeador… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Joe Louis — Fiche d’identité Nom complet Joseph Louis Barrow Surnom The Brown Bomber Nationalité …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joe Louis — Daten Geburtsname …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • LOUIS (J.) — LOUIS JOE (1914 1981) Nul doute que Joe Louis ne tienne dans l’histoire de la boxe une place privilégiée: seuls peut être Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey et John L. Sullivan, dans un registre différent, exprimèrent en effet autant de qualités. Mais le …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Joe Louis — Infobox Boxer name=Joe Louis realname=Joseph Louis Barrow weight=Heavyweight height=6 2 reach=cm to in|num=193|abbr=yes|spell=American|precision=0|wiki=yes|ft=no nationality=flagicon|USA American birth date=birth date|1914|5|13|df=y death… …   Wikipedia

  • Joe & Max — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Joe Max Originaltitel: Joe and Max Produktionsland: USA, Deutschland Erscheinungsjahr: 2002 Länge: ca. 109 Minuten Originalsprache …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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