Jack Petersen
British boxer
- Born
- 2 September 1911, Cardiff
- Died
- 1990, Bridgend
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- heavyweight, light heavyweight
- Occupation
- boxer
John Charles Peterson OBE TD (2 September 1911 – 22 November 1990) was a Welsh boxer who held the British heavyweight boxing title on two occasions. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (TD) in 1950 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1978 Birthday Honours "for services to Sport particularly in Wales."
Awards and honours
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.