FAMOUS NEGRO BOXER.
COLLAPSE OF "STARLIGHT." MELBOURNE, Octobcr 13. The old negro boxer E. J. Rolins, aged 84, who is known as "Starlight," collapsed yesterday and was taken to hospital. Rolins fought nearly 200 fighte in England, Australia and New Zealand. At one time he was middle-weight .champion of Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently was boxing instructor at Government House, Wellington.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 243, 14 October 1935, Page 13
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