John Treadaway

Jack Treadaway
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born26 June 1914
Wandsworth, England
Died4 July 1993 (aged 79)
Sutton, England
Sport
SportBoxing
Event(s)
Bantamweight
Featherweight
ClubWatneys ABC
Battersea & Shexgar ABC

John William Treadaway (26 June 1914 – 4 July 1993) also known as Jack or Jackie, was a British boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Treadaway was born in Wandsworth, England, and worked as a van delivery driver for Watney's Brewery.[1] Boxing for Watneys ABC, he won the ABA bantamweight title in 1932.[2]

He moved up to featherweight and boxed out of Battersea & Shexgar Amateur Boxing Club, where he won two ABA titles at featherweight.[3]

He represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games[4] in London, where he competed in the featherweight division.[5]

In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the featherweight class after losing his fight to the eventual bronze medalist Josef Miner.[1]

1936 Olympic results

  • Round of 32: defeated Giuseppe Farfanelli (Italy) on points
  • Round of 16: defeated Arquimedes Arrieta (Uruguay) on points
  • Quarterfinal: lost to Josef Miner (Germany) on points

He died in Sutton.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Boxing New Champions". The Scotsman. 17 March 1932. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Amateur Boxing". Western Morning News. 22 March 1934. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ^ "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2025.