National Collegiate Boxing Champions, 1950

ID: 5245 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Gonzaga Archives ~ Creator: Gonzaga University ~ Date: 1950
This file appears in: Carl Maxey vs. The Injustices of Spokane

Carl Maxey, middle, poses with the rest of Gonzaga's boxing team as they celebrate their incredible 1949-1950 season.

This file appears in: Carl Maxey vs. The Injustices of Spokane

By William Paaga
One of Carl Maxey's earliest memories of fighting was against racism during his childhood. Maxey was adopted and then orphaned and ended up at the Spokane Children's Home in 1933. Maxey remembered that when the orphans took a trip to Camp…