George Godfrey
American boxer (1897–1947)
ジョージ・ゴドフレー · 조지 고드프리
- Born
- 25 January 1897, Mobile
- Died
- 13 August 1947, Los Angeles
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- heavyweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
- Recorded fight record
- 97 wins, 20 losses, 3 draws
George Godfrey (II) The Leiperville Shadow (January 25, 1897 – August 13, 1947) was the ring name of Feab Smith Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the state of Alabama who fought from 1919 to 1937. He named himself after George "Old Chocolate" Godfrey, a Black Canadian boxer from the bare-knuckle boxing days who had been a top name during the John L. Sullivan era. Old Chocolate had been the fourth fighter to reign as World Colored Heavyweight Champion while the second George Godfrey was the 20th fighter to hold the colored heavyweight title.
Awards and honours
- International Boxing Hall of Fame 2007
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.