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Ben Funk

American boxer

Born
2 June 1902
Died
1969
Citizenship
United States
Sport
boxing
Discipline
middleweight
Occupation
boxer

Benjamin Franklin Funk (December 6, 1902 – November 24, 1969) was an American boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924, Funk was eliminated in the second round of the middleweight class after losing his fight to the eventual bronze medalist Joseph Beecken.

Funk was born and died Bloomington, Illinois, and was a 1925 graduate of Yale University.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1924 Summer Olympics1924

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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.