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Canadian boxing Hall OF FAME Canadian boxer Irish Eddie Carroll AKA Danny Doran  born in Ottawa Ontario Canada in 1915.Ranked among the Top Welterweights in the World 1930's/40's.   The one boxer from the Ottawa boys club, Who fought in five different weight divisions .His amateur career was from 1929 to 1932,His professional career was 1933 to 1949,and fought well over two hundred bouts in amateur and pro fights  across Canada  and the U.S.A. In Canada, He was managed by Julius Goldberg,Al, Kouri,from Sherbrook  Quebec,when in the U.S.A.,managed by Art Winch, Sam Pian, who  managed Barney Ross Welterweight Champion of the World and Tony Zale Middleweight Champion of the World. Later in 1940,s Also Managed by Former Lightweight World Champion Lew Jenkins,and was good friends with former heavyweight World Champion Jack Dempsey and family.A promised young welterweight for the World Crown,after winning over the former welterweight Champion of Canada, Gordon Wallace.Former Champions and boxing Fans from Ottawa and across CANADA and the U.S. had not forgot Eddie Carroll,He was inducted to the [CANADIAN BOXING HALL OF FAME]Canadian war veteran gunner Eddie Carroll,after the war He was never the same boxer and retired from the ring in 1949,died 1965 at age 50. His son Dan Carroll on behalf of His Father received the Max Trophy at the Hall of Fame awards in 1974 Ottawa Civic center.Sports writers of the 1930,s and 40,s Era, were Lou Marsh,Bill Westwick,of Toronto,New York ,Texas Corpus Christi Times,Ottawa evening Citizen,sports writer W C Heinz book [What A TIME IT WAS ]written in 1952/Heinz describes Him as a tall lean welterweight from Canada.Box Rec, Knowledgerush,Ring Ramblings by Wilf McCluskey Article from 1980 Ottawa Journal by Marcel Schnobb,flash back to the Ottawa's" Candy Kid".Who was the boxer with the greatest potential to come out of Ottawa in the 1930's Era. He has been nominated to the Ottawa Sports hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.The one boxer ,Who fought them all. {--}