Ernest "Eddie" Peirce (September 25, 1909 – January 23, 1998) was a South Africa

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 who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics

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The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...

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He was born in Somerset West and died in Apache Junction, Arizona

Apache Junction, Arizona

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In 1932 he won the bronze medal in the middleweight class after winning the third place fight against Roger Michelot

Roger Michelot

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Two years earlier he won the middleweight bronze medal at the 1930 British Empire Games.

He is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix.