BOXER

Dick McTaggart

1935 - 2025

Photo of Dick McTaggart

Icon of person Dick McTaggart

Richard McTaggart, MBE (15 October 1935 – 9 March 2025) was a Scottish amateur boxer who was Olympic lightweight champion in 1956. In 1960, he won bronze in the same category. In 1956, he received the Val Barker Trophy for best boxing style at the Olympics. At the 1964 Olympics, McTaggart moved to the light-welterweight category but lost in the third bout to the eventual winner Jerzy Kulej. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dick McTaggart is the 28th most popular boxer (up from 276th in 2019), the 1,577th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,357th in 2019) and the most popular British Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Dick McTaggart by language

Loading...

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Dick McTaggart ranks 28 out of 496. Before him are Evander Holyfield, Primo Carnera, Ingemar Johansson, Floyd Patterson, Larry Holmes, and Roberto Durán. After him are Archie Moore, James J. Braddock, Mate Parlov, Ken Norton, Jimmy Ellis, and Sugar Ray Leonard.

Most Popular Boxers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Dick McTaggart ranks 110. Before him are Mohamed Choukri, Ron Paul, Dharmendra, Justin Francis Rigali, Marina Doria, and Lyudmila Gurchenko. After him are Agne Simonsson, Tsutomu Hata, Dominique Venner, Bruno Sammartino, Mário Coluna, and Vladislav Volkov. Among people deceased in 2025, Dick McTaggart ranks 113. Before him are Fred Stolle, Graham Greene, André Vingt-Trois, Anastasios of Albania, Rodion Shchedrin, and Werner Leimgruber. After him are Ivan Klíma, Zoltán Horváth, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, Ove Kindvall, Nikola Pilić, and Theo Jörgensmann.

Others Born in 1935

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2025

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dick McTaggart ranks 1,577 out of 8,785. Before him are Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1990), Clive Burr (1957), Ginger Baker (1939), Alexander of Hales (1175), John Connelly (1938), and John Entwistle (1944). After him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Tim Hunt (1943), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), and Thomas Gresham (1519).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BOXERS In United Kingdom

Among boxers born in United Kingdom, Dick McTaggart ranks 1. After him are Lennox Lewis (1965), Ronald Rawson (1892), Tyson Fury (1988), Bob Fitzsimmons (1863), Harry Mallin (1892), Henry Cooper (1934), Anthony Joshua (1989), Frederick Grace (1884), Naseem Hamed (1974), Ted Morgan (1906), and Amir Khan (1986).

British born Boxers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous