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Jack Dempsey

Chronology

1895	Born June 24 in Manassa, Colorado
1910	Begins training with brother Bernie
1914	Fights in first recorded professional bout
1915	First uses name "Jack Dempsey"
1916	Marries Maxine Cates
1917	Meets manager Jack "Doc" Kearns
1917	Younger brother Bruce stabbed to death in a street fight
1919	Divorces Maxine Cates
1919	Wins heavyweight championship against Jess Willard
1920	Acquitted of draft evasion charges
1921	Successfully defends title against Georges Carpentier
1923	Fights Luis Firpo
1926	Marries Estelle Taylor
1926	Loses title to Gene Tunney
1927	Loses rematch to Tunney in "The Battle of the Long Count"
1928	Stars in The Big Fight with his wife, Taylor
1929	Promoter "Tex" Rickard dies
1933	Marries singer Hannah Williams
1936	Opens Jack Dempsey's Restaurant in New York City
1943	Divorces Williams
1954	Charter inductee into Boxing Hall of Fame
1958	Marries fourth wife Deanna Piatelli
1963	Jack "Doc" Kearns dies
1974	Closes Dempsey's restaurant
1983	Dies at age 87
1990	Hall of Fame induction