He went on to be Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission at a fascinating time too. It was effectively the Global governing body for boxing but under threat from 13 other states who formed the NBA. And real power in the sport was shifting from Mike Jacobs to IBC too. Eagan was the main person against reinstating Rocky Graziano too after he was banned for not reporting a bribe offer.
He went on to be Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission at a fascinating time too. It was effectively the Global governing body for boxing but under threat from 13 other states who formed the NBA. And real power in the sport was shifting from Mike Jacobs to IBC too. Eagan was the main person against reinstating Rocky Graziano too after he was banned for not reporting a bribe offer.
Interesting. He was Dempsey's sparring partner at times in 1919.
Holy cow! What an amazing life this man led! Thank you for the research on this incredible person.
Yeah, I'd never heard of him until a week ago. There are more guys like him out there, we just have to find them.
Agree, but the circumnavigation story is too far away from football for me to do a full story on it. Here a full article about it at the time: https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/15535/