Sam Collyer
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 62 years 207 days (750 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Sam Collyer (born Walter Jamieson, May 14, 1842 in Boulogne, France – December 7, 1904 in Brooklyn, New York) was a bare-knuckle boxer, and the American Lightweight Champion.
He was the son of James Jamieson and Jane Taylor of Angus, Scotland.He weighed between 115 and 125 pounds, and stood 5 feet 5 ½ inches.
Born in France, he came to the United States as a boy.He received the United States Medal of Honor in 1898, for his actions in 1864 in the American Civil War.
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