Eugene Corri

{{Short description|Boxing referee}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Eugene Corri refereeing a boxing match; drawing by Robert Edgren<ref name=TPP/> '''Eugene Alfred Corri''' (c. 1857 − 21 December 1933) was a boxing referee.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/12/22/105833940.html?zoom=16|title = Eugene Corri Dies; Referee of Boxing|date = 22 December 1933|access-date = 10 March 2015|newspaper = The New York Times}}</ref> He was well-known and popular in the U.K., and was himself a boxer in his youth.<ref name="TPP">{{Cite news|url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1963137/boxing_amateurs_including_profile_of/|title = Some International "Boxing Amateurs"|last = Edgren|first = Robert|date = 28 March 1920|access-date = 10 March 2015|newspaper = The Pittsburg Post}}</ref> His father changed his surname from Corry to Corri to make it appear more Italian in the hopes of furthering his singing career. Corri refereed over 2,000 fights, including Mickey Walker against Tommy Milligan in 1927. He makes an appearance as himself in Alfred Hitchcock's silent movie ''The Ring'' (1927), introduced to the audience by the MC. He was one of the original members of the National Sporting Club.<ref name=":0" /> He published several books, including ''Fifty Years in the Ring'', which appeared the summer before he died. He died in Southend on 21 December 1933 (note: references behind paywall).<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19331222/015/0004|title = Eugene Corri Dead|date = 22 December 1933|access-date = 10 March 2015|newspaper = Aberdeen Journal|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Family== Corri was the youngest of 5 boys. He also many famous family members. His grandfather, Haydn Corri was an organist from Dublin. His great-grandfather was Domenico Corri, who was a famous Italian composer. Also his great aunt, Sophia Dussek Corri and great uncle, Philip Antony Corri were both musicians and composers. His cousin, Tina Corri was a singer and male impersonator; her sons were Val and Ernie Stanton, who were actors and athletes in the early 19th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Val and Ernie Stanton, cousin with Corri.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/348952140/ |publisher=The Butte Miner}}</ref> Ernie was also a boxer himself.

== References== <references /> {{British boxing}}

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