Dick McTaggart

Richard "Dick" McTaggart, MBE (born 15 October 1935) is a retired Scottish amateur boxer. He competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in the lightweight division and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. In 1956 he received the Val Barker Trophy for best boxing style at the Olympics. At the 1964 Olympics McTaggart moved to the light-welterweight category, but lost in the third bout to the eventual winner Jerzy Kulej. McTaggart won the British ABA title in 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1965, and retired with a record of 610 wins out of 634 bouts.

Contents

• Dick McTaggart On Team GB Olympic Boxing Success
• Dick mctaggart mbe
• ABA accomplishments
• Awards and honors
• References

In retirement McTaggart worked as a boxing coach and prepared the Scottish team to the 1990 Commonwealth Games. In 2002 he was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. His four brothers were also amateur boxers.

ABA accomplishments

1954 ABA Featherweight runner-up, losing to Dave Charnley (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) RSC 1 in final

1956 ABA Lightweight champion, defeated Eddie Kane (Lochead BC) in final

1958 ABA Lightweight champion, defeated Johnny Cooke (Maple Leaf ABC) in final

1958 British Commonwealth Lightweight champion

1960 ABA Lightweight champion, defeated Cedric Williams (Bargoed & Deri ABC) RSC 2 in final

1961 European Lightweight champion

1962 ABA Lightweight runner-up, losing to Brian Whelan (Chiswick General ABC) in final

1963 ABA Light welterweight champion, defeated Larry O'Connell (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) in final

1965 ABA Light welterweight champion, defeated Larry O'Connell (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) in final

Awards and honors

Member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame

Order of the British Empire – Member (MBE)