Theodore Kara

Theodore Ernst Kara (April 2, 1916 – February 14, 1944) was an American featherweight boxer. He competed at the 1936 Olympics and was eliminated in the quarter-finals, after losing to the upcoming silver medalist Charles Catterall. Kara also won three NCAA boxing titles for the University of Idaho, in 1939, 1940 and 1941. He later became a radio-man in the United States Army Air Corps and was declared dead after his plane went missing in action over the Pacific in 1944 during World War II. He was married at the time of his death to Marion Amirkanian of Fresno, California, but had no children. His brother Frank was also a NCAA boxing champion.