Bobby Mallon
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Birth date1942
Birth placeBarrowfield, Glasgow, Scotland
Death date2019
SportBoxing
EventFlyweight
ClubDennistoun Youth Club
Kelvin A.B.C
Rolls Royce ABC

Robert Mallon (1942 – 2019) was a boxer who competed for Scotland and won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Mallon was visually impaired[1] and boxed out of Dennistoun Youth Club.[2] He won the 1962 Scottish flyweight title.[3]

Mallon also won Scottish titles at bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight[1] and was a Scottish international.[4]

He was selected for the 1962 Scottish team[5] for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. He competed in the flweight category,[6] where he won the gold medal, defeating Isaac Aryee of Ghana in the final.[7]

He also won the prestigious ABA championships title in 1965, boxing out of Rolls Royce BC.[8][9]

Mallon represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team again[10] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,[11] participating in the 54kg bantamweight category.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Remember when... Mallon was not yet Scotland's forgotten champion". The Herald. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2025. – via Press Reader.
  2. ^ "Bridge hand of a lifetime". Edinburgh Evening News. 28 January 1961. p. 8. Retrieved 24 October 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "John proves he is best". Daily Record. 23 February 1962. p. 26. Retrieved 24 October 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Scots boxers' first-class performance". The Scotsman. 2 February 1962. p. 14. Retrieved 24 October 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Scotland's 35-strong team for Perth". The Scotsman. 12 September 1962. p. 14. Retrieved 24 October 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Scotland Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived 2021-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth Games - Perth, Australia - November 22 - December 1 1962". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Bobby Mallon". Box Rec. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Dwyer's great ABA title win". Liverpool Echo. 1 May 1965. Retrieved 3 January 2022. – via British Newspaper Archive
  10. ^ "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team". The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 6 December 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  12. ^ "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived 2021-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 December 2025.