{{short description|English boxer (1932–2009)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox boxer |name=Pat McAteer |image= |realname=Edward Patrick McAteer |nickname=PatMac |weight=light middle/middle/light heavyweight |height=<!--{{height|ft=0|in=0}}--> |reach=<!--{{convert|0|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}--> |nationality=English |birth_date=17 March 1932 |birth_place=Birkenhead, England |death_date=30 April 2009 (aged 77) |death_place=Annapolis |style=<!--Orthodox/Southpaw--> |total=57 |wins=49 (KO 24) |losses=6 (KO 3) |draws=2 |no contests= |medaltemplates= }} '''Pat "PatMac" McAteer''' (17 March 1932<ref name="Birth details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=IAt%2BlhprdZd2jZKUdoerUg&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref> – 30 April 2009) born in Birkenhead was an English professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1950s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British middleweight title (between 16 June 1955 – 5 September 1957) and British Empire middleweight title (between 16 June 1955 – 27 March 1958 ) and was a challenger for the European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title against Charles Humez[http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=10913&cat=boxer], his professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|154|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. light middleweight to {{convert|161|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. light heavyweight.<ref name="Statistics at boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=13498&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>
==Genealogical information== Pat McAteer was the younger brother of Michael J. "Mick" McAteer ([http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=YC72Xpy2GCZeSWDPjOG9cA&scan=1 birth registered] October→December {{birth year and age|1928}} in Birkenhead district), and the boxer William R. "Billy" McAteer ([http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=ADnTWdgpP4THjnzuma%2BGKQ&scan=1 birth registered] July→September {{birth year and age|1930}} in Birkenhead district), the cousin of the boxer Les McAteer, and the uncle of association (soccer) footballer Jason McAteer.<ref name="Pat McAteer dies in US">{{cite web|url=http://www.supersport.com/boxing/article.aspx?Id=299852|title=Pat McAteer dies in US|publisher=supersport.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Boxrec|id=13498}} *[http://static.boxrec.com/c/c6/Pat_McAteer.jpg Image - Pat McAteer] *[http://www.britishpathe.com/video/pat-mcateer-new-middleweight-champion Video - Pat Mcateer New Middleweight Champion 1955] *[http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/birkenhead-boxing-legend-pat-mcateers-3349694 Birkenhead boxing legend Pat McAteer’s Lonsdale belt stolen in burglary] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207102805/http://www.merseyboxers.org.uk/the_greats_detail.php?boxer_ID=96 Merseyside Form Boxers Association → The Greats → Pat McAteer]}}
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