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'''Joseph "Joe" Shears''' (born 1892 - November 25, 1957), also known as Joe Schulman, was a former boxer.
==Early History==
When Joe Shulman was a year old, his family relocated from [[Poland]] to [[London, England]].<ref name="newspapers1">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-joe-shearsshulman-obi/146951943/|title=The Unbelievably Tough Little Guy Passes - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
Shears was the fighting moniker of Joe Schulman, and it was taken on by his son [[Jerry Shears|Jerry]] and the rest of the family.<ref name="newspapers3">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-jerry-shears-obituary-2010/146893552|title=Obituaries: Jerry Shears – Fighter Was A Champ Boxer And Broker - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
==Boxing career==
Shears fought in England, Canada, and the United States before the [[First World War]].
In 1908, he defeated George Jones in the first professional boxing match conducted in [[Belleville, Illinois]].<ref>https://legendaryboxingtraining.com/illinois-boxing-gyms/belleville-il-boxing-gyms/</ref> He competed in a match at [[New Bedford]]'s [[Orpheum Theatre (New Bedford, Massachusetts)|Sharpshooters Hall]] in 1913.<ref name="newspapers4">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-photo-of-joe-shears-1/146949493/|title=Joe Shears, Former Montrealer Proves Himself A Clipper - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
When the First World War broke out in 1914, Shears enlisted in the [[Canadian Army]].<ref name="newspapers5">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-jerry-joe-shears-19/146907239/|title=The Sports Digest - The Montreal Star Elmer Ferguson - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref> "Little Joe" Shears became the bantamweight champion of the Allied forces in France and England in 1916.<ref>https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/joe-shears-and-a-sparring-partner</ref> In November 1916, English artist [[Laura Knight]] was commissioned to paint the physical training of the [[156th (Leeds and Grenville) Battalion, CEF|156th Canadian Infantry Battalion]] stationed at Whitley Camp in [[Surrey]].<ref>https://libraryblog.lbrut.org.uk/2018/05/artists-war-knight/</ref> She painted a piece titled "Boxing in Camp (The Light-Heavyweights)" which featured Joe Shears.<ref>https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920500</ref> He escaped a German prison camp by crawling through a sewer.<ref name="newspapers6">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-joe-shears-german-pri/146953039/|title=Hard Rock Joe Shears Failing - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
After the war, in 1919, Joe went back to boxing in [[Montreal]].<ref>https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3612391</ref><ref name="newspapers7">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-joe-shears-won-1919/146948856/|title=Joe Shears Won - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Jerry, Phil, Max, Al, and Joe Jr. were his five sons, all of whom became amateur boxers by imitation.<ref name="newspapers2">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-scrappy-crew-joe-shear/146951107/|title=Scrappy Crew - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
==Death==
Joseph Shears died on Monday, November 25, 1957.
==Honors and awards==
*Allied Forces Bantamweight Champion. (1916)
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1925 Births]]
[[Category:2010 Deaths]]
[[Category:Bantamweight boxers]]
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'''Joseph "Joe" Shears''' (born 1892 - November 25, 1957), also known as Joe Schulman, was a former boxer.
==Early History==
When Joe Shulman was a year old, his family relocated from [[Poland]] to [[London, England]].<ref name="newspapers1">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-joe-shearsshulman-obi/146951943/|title=The Unbelievably Tough Little Guy Passes - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
Shears was the fighting moniker of Joe Schulman, and it was taken on by his son [[Jerry Shears|Jerry]] and the rest of the family.<ref name="newspapers3">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-jerry-shears-obituary-2010/146893552|title=Obituaries: Jerry Shears – Fighter Was A Champ Boxer And Broker - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
==Boxing career==
Shears fought in England, Canada, and the United States before the [[First World War]].
In 1908, he defeated George Jones in the first professional boxing match conducted in [[Belleville, Illinois]].<ref>https://legendaryboxingtraining.com/illinois-boxing-gyms/belleville-il-boxing-gyms/</ref> He competed in a match at [[New Bedford]]'s [[Orpheum Theatre (New Bedford, Massachusetts)|Sharpshooters Hall]] in 1913.<ref name="newspapers4">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-photo-of-joe-shears-1/146949493/|title=Joe Shears, Former Montrealer Proves Himself A Clipper - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
When the First World War broke out in 1914, Shears enlisted in the [[Canadian Army]].<ref name="newspapers5">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-jerry-joe-shears-19/146907239/|title=The Sports Digest - The Montreal Star Elmer Ferguson - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref> "Little Joe" Shears became the bantamweight champion of the Allied forces in France and England in 1916.<ref>https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/joe-shears-and-a-sparring-partner</ref> In November 1916, English artist [[Laura Knight]] was commissioned to paint the physical training of the [[156th (Leeds and Grenville) Battalion, CEF|156th Canadian Infantry Battalion]] stationed at Whitley Camp in [[Surrey]].<ref>https://libraryblog.lbrut.org.uk/2018/05/artists-war-knight/</ref> She painted a piece titled "Boxing in Camp (The Light-Heavyweights)" which featured Joe Shears.<ref>https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920500</ref> He escaped a German prison camp by crawling through a sewer.<ref name="newspapers6">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montreal-star-joe-shears-german-pri/146953039/|title=Hard Rock Joe Shears Failing - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
After the war, in 1919, Joe went back to boxing in [[Montreal]].<ref>https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3612391</ref><ref name="newspapers7">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-joe-shears-won-1919/146948856/|title=Joe Shears Won - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Jerry, Phil, Max, Al, and Joe Jr. were his five sons, all of whom became amateur boxers by imitation.<ref name="newspapers2">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-scrappy-crew-joe-shear/146951107/|title=Scrappy Crew - Newspapers.com™|website=newspapers.com|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
==Death==
Joseph Shears died on Monday, November 25, 1957.
==Honors and awards==
*Allied Forces Bantamweight Champion. (1916)
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1925 Births]]
[[Category:2010 Deaths]]
[[Category:Bantamweight boxers]]
Okumaya devam et...