Don McCorkindale

{{Short description|South African boxer (1904–1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Use South African English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Don McCorkindale | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = South African | sport = boxing | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|8|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Pretoria, Transvaal Colony | death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|8|11|1904|8|16|df=y}} | death_place = Edenvale, Transvaal, South Africa }}

'''Donald Dinnie McCorkindale''' (16 August 1904 – 11 August 1970) was a South African boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He fought as '''Don McCorkindale'''.

==Biography==

He was born in Pretoria, Transvaal Colony and died in Edenvale, Transvaal.

McCorkindale won the Amateur Boxing Association of England 1926 light heavyweight title.<ref>{{cite news |title= Boxing Championships|work=Lancashire Evening Post |date=28 April 1926 |access-date=31 December 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19260428/190/0005| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Two years later in 1928 he finished fourth in the light heavyweight class at the 1928 Summer Olympics, after losing the bronze medal bout to Karel Miljon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/7987|title=Biographical information|publisher=Olympedia|access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>

===1928 Olympic results===

Below are the results of Don McCorkindale, a South African light heavyweight boxer who competed in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics:

* Round of 16: defeated Domenico Ceccarelli (Italy) on points * Quarterfinal: defeated Juozas Vinca (Lithuania) by second-round knockout * Semifinal: lost to Victor Avendano (Argentina) on points * Bronze Medal Match: lost to Karel Miljin (Netherlands) on points

==References==

{{reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070813/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/don-mccorkindale-1.html sports-reference.com]

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