Olympic Medalist and boxing coach. He was on the 1964 US Olympic Boxing Team in which he was awarded the bronze medal in the Flyweight division. In 1963, at the New York World's Fair outdoor Singer Stadium, he defeated Melvin Miller, the US Olympic Style Boxing Champion and future Golden Gloves title holder. In a May 2006 ESPN article, written by Mark Chalifoux (Heart of Bronze), Olympic teammate and former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier would state of Carmody, "He's the kind of guy you really need," Frazier said of Carmody. "I had some hard times, things was rough, but he was a guy that helped you out a lot. I loved him like a brother." And Gene Kilroy, Muhamed Ali's former business manager would comment about brains, speed, and guts stating of Carmody, "He was the real deal, he had all three," Kilroy said of Carmody. "He was the greatest lightweight the military ever had." Carmody held a record four all army boxing titles in addition to an international CISM gold medal and a bronze medal from the 1963 Pan Am Games. After his retirement from the ring, Carmody had a short coaching career serving for the US Army team and, at the request of the US State Department, coaching the Iraqi Olympic boxing team for two consecutive summers. He is the only US Olympic medal winner killed in a war while serving in the US armed forces. His name can be located on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC as well as the US Army Ranger Memorial at Ft Benning, GA.
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Olympic Medalist and boxing coach. He was on the 1964 US Olympic Boxing Team in which he was awarded the bronze medal in the Flyweight division. In 1963, at the New York World's Fair outdoor Singer Stadium, he defeated Melvin Miller, the US Olympic Style Boxing Champion and future Golden Gloves title holder. In a May 2006 ESPN article, written by Mark Chalifoux (Heart of Bronze), Olympic teammate and former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier would state of Carmody, "He's the kind of guy you really need," Frazier said of Carmody. "I had some hard times, things was rough, but he was a guy that helped you out a lot. I loved him like a brother." And Gene Kilroy, Muhamed Ali's former business manager would comment about brains, speed, and guts stating of Carmody, "He was the real deal, he had all three," Kilroy said of Carmody. "He was the greatest lightweight the military ever had." Carmody held a record four all army boxing titles in addition to an international CISM gold medal and a bronze medal from the 1963 Pan Am Games. After his retirement from the ring, Carmody had a short coaching career serving for the US Army team and, at the request of the US State Department, coaching the Iraqi Olympic boxing team for two consecutive summers. He is the only US Olympic medal winner killed in a war while serving in the US armed forces. His name can be located on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC as well as the US Army Ranger Memorial at Ft Benning, GA.
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