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DIED. Gene Tunney, 81, former world heavyweight boxing champion who twice defeated Jack Dempsey before retiring undefeated in 1928; of a heart attack; in Greenwich, Conn, (see SPORT...
...them in their halcyon days would ever forget them: Gene Tunney, the perfectly controlled ring tactician; Bobby Hull, hockey's most explosive scorer; Bobby Orr, the greatest defenseman, graceful and creative, in hockey history. Tunney died last week at 81, and Orr retired at 30, just seven days after Hull quit at 39. They were three of sport's heroic figures. Consummate athletes, they came to be respected as much for their character as for their skills...
...rough-and-ready world of prizefighting, Gene Tunney was unique. Self-educated and fiercely proud, he remained determinedly aloof from the Damon Runyon characters of the sport's golden age. George Bernard Shaw, an avid fight fan, was more to Tunney's taste, despite the fact that the heavyweight refused an offer to appear in Shaw's boxing play, Cashel Byron's Profession. He believed that the playwright had portrayed fighters as simple and dimwitted, and Gene Tunney was neither...
...high school dropout at 16, he became a self-taught Shakespearean scholar. He was also an intelligent fighter, a master of the sweet science who won the title from Jack Dempsey on a decision in 1926. In their second fight, Tunney was ahead on points when Dempsey decked him, then lost his chance to regain the title when he was slow to go to a neutral corner. Given an extra four seconds to clear his head?the famous Gene Tunney in his prime (1926) Aloof from the Damon Runyon types. "long count"?Tunney got up and outboxed Dempsey...
...father Gene was a world heavyweight champion and his wife Kathinka a Swedish skier in the 1962 world championships. No wonder former California Senator John Tunney has a special love of sports. He also has a law degree and a friend who asked his help in getting the U.S. license for the 1980 Moscow Olympics logo-a Russian bear named Misha. After months of telexing messages to Moscow, Tunney got the license, and presto, he and his friend have exclusive rights in the Western Hemisphere to promote the Olympics. On the drawing board: Olympic T shirts, buckles, decals and posters...