Dave McCleave

David Edward McCleave (24 December 1911 – 19 May 1988) was an English boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Dave McCleave

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1911-12-24)24 December 1911[1] Battersea, London, England
Died	19 May 1988(1988-05-19) (aged 76)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Lynn BC
Medal record Men's Boxing Representing  England British Empire Games 1934 London Welterweight

Boxing career

McCleave born in Battersea, boxed out of Lynn BC.^[2]

In 1932 he finished fourth in the welterweight class. He was not able to compete in the bronze medal bout against Bruno Ahlberg. At the 1934 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the welterweight class after winning the final against Dick Barton.^[3]

He won the 1932 and 1934 Amateur Boxing Association British welterweight titles and the 1931 lightweight title, when boxing out of the Lynn ABC.^[4][5]

Personal life

In the 1950s he was the landlord of the Union Tavern Pub Camberwell New Road.^[6] It was a boxing pub where David Benjamin Gray was compere and manager with his wife Irene Alice Gray.