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HARRY GREB (Edward Henry Greb) Born 6 June 1894 at Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Height 5 ft 8 in. Fighting weight: 142-170
lbs. Managed by James M. (Red) Mason, 1913-20 and 1923-26),
George Engels (1921-22), self-managed
1923. Died at Atlantic City, NJ, 22
October 1926. Photo Courtesy of Harry Shaffer |
Record compiled by Luckett V. Davis for
the RING RECORD BOOK in 1985
Record compiled by James Cashman for the
IBRO Journal September 1998
References can be supplied for any or all
professional record entries.
1913
Amateur record
Mar. 10
W. J. Miller
Pittsburgh W Pts 3
Mar. 11
Al Storey
Pittsburgh W Pts 4
Mar. 12
Red Cumpston Pittsburgh W Pts 4
Apr.
4 George Koch Pittsburgh W Pts 3
Apr.
5 Red Cumpston Pittsburgh W Pts 6
May
8 Red Cumpston Pittsburgh W ko 3
Professional record
May
29 Frank Kirkwood Pittsburgh ND-W
Pts 6
July 19
Battling Murphy
Pittsburgh W tko 2
Aug. 13
Lloyd Crutcher
Punxsatawney W ko 1
Oct. 11
Harvey Evans
Pittsburgh ND-L Pts 6
Oct. 22
Mike Milko Pittsburgh ND-L Pts 6
Nov. 17
Mike Milko
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Nov. 29
Joe Chip
Pittsburgh L tko 3
Dec.
6 Battling Sherbine Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Dec. 12
Terry Nelson Altoona
PA W ko 3
1914
Jan.
1 Whitey Wenzel Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Jan. 10
Whitey Wenzel
Pittsburgh ND-L Pts 6
Mar.
2 Mickey Rodgers Steubenville OH W dsq
5
Apr. 14
Fay Keiser
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
May
13 Fay Keiser Pittsburgh ND-D 6
May
25 George Lewis Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
May
29 Whitey Wenzel Pittsburgh ND-D 6
June 15
Walter Monoghan
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
June 29
Irish Gorgas
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
July 20
John Foley
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
July 27
George Lewis
Steubenville ND-W Pts 10
Aug. 24
Irish Gorgas
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Aug. 24
Whitey Wenzel
Pittsburgh ND-D 6
Aug. 31
John Foley
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Sept 26
Jack Fink
Philadelphia ND-W Pts 6
Nov. 14
Terry Martin
Philadelphia ND-D 6
Dec.
7 Joe Borrell Philadelphia ND-L
Pts 6
1915
Jan.
1 Billy Donovan Philadelphia ND-W Pts
6
Jan.
8 Howard Truesdale Philadelphia ND-W Pts 6
Jan. 12
Billy Miske
Philadelphia ND-D 6
Jan. 25
Jack Blackburn Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Feb. 10
Harry Baker
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Mar.
4 Whitey Wenzel Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Mar.
6 Tommy Mack Washington PA ND-W Pts
6
Mar. 13
Jack Lavin McKeesport
PA ND-W Pts 6
Mar. 25
Harry Baker
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Apr. 15
Whitey Wenzel
Pittsburgh ND-L Pts 6
Apr. 22
Joe Borrell
Pittsburgh ND-D 6
May
24 Whitey Wenzel Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
May
31 Fay Keiser Connellsville PA ND-W Pts 6
June 25
Fay Keiser Cumberland
MD ND-D 10
July 12
Tommy Gavigan
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
July 21
George Hauser Elwyn
PA W ko 6
July 22
Fay Keiser
Cumberland ND-W Pts 10
Aug. 23
Al Rogers
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Sept 13
Al Rogers
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Oct. 18
George Chip
Pittsburgh ND-L Pts 6
Nov. 16
Tommy Gibbons St.
Paul ND-L Pts 10
Dec. 16
Kid Graves
Pittsburgh L tko 2
(Greb suffered a broken arm and had to stop)
1916
Feb. 26
Walter Monoghan
Pittsburgh ND-D 6
Apr.
1 Kid Manuel Pittsburgh ND-W
Pts 6
Apr. 27
Grant Clark Johnstown
PA W tko 6
May
6 Whitey Wenzel Charleroi PA ND-W Pts
6
June
3 Kid Manuel Pittsburgh W ko 1
June 17
Whitey Wenzel New Kensington ND-W Pts 10
June 26
George Chip New Castle
PA ND-L Pts 10
Aug.
7 Al Grayber Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Aug. 28
Jerry Cole
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Sept
4 Fay Keiser Cumberland W Pts 10
Oct. 16
Jackie Clark Lonaconing
MD W Pts 10
Oct. 21
Harry Baker
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Nov.
4 K.O. Sweeney Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Nov.
8 Willie Brennan Erie PA ND-W Pts 10
Nov. 14
Jackie Clark Lonaconing
MD W ko 3
Nov. 17
Willie Brennan Buffalo
NY ND-W Pts 10
Nov. 24
Tommy Burke
Buffalo ND-W Pts 10
Nov. 27
George KO Brown
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Dec. 26
Bob Moha
Buffalo ND-W Pts 10
1917
Jan.
1 Joe Borrell Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Jan. 13
Eddie Coleman
Charleroi W ko 2
Jan. 20
Jules Ritchie
Philadelphia W tko 4
Jan. 29
Fay Keiser Lonaconing
MD W Pts 20
Feb. 10
Mike Gibbons
Philadelphia ND-L Pts 6
Feb. 12
Willie Brennan
Buffalo ND-W Pts 10
Mar.
5 Frankie Brennan Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Mar. 20
Tommy Gavigan McKeesport W tko 5
Mar. 23
Herman Miller Johnstown
PA W tko 5
Apr.
2 Young Ahearn Pittsburgh W ko 1
Apr. 14
Al Rogers
Charleroi ND-W Pts 10
Apr. 16
Zulu Kid Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
Apr. 30
Al McCoy
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
May
3 Jackie Clark Cumberland MD D
20
May
9 Harry Baker Uniontown PA W ko
5
May
19 Jeff Smith Buffalo ND-W Pts 10
May
22 George Chip Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
June 14
Frank Mantell Uniontown
PA W ko 1
July
2 Buck Crouse Pittsburgh W tko 6
June 30
Jack Dillon
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Sept
6 Battling Levinsky Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Sept 11
Jeff Smith
Milwaukee ND-W Pts 10
Sept 14
Jack London New
York W tko 9
Sept 17
George KO Brown Dayton
OHIO W tko 9
Sept 22
Battling Kopin
Charleroi W tko 3
Sept 24
Johnny Howard
Brooklyn W tko 9
Oct.
6 Billy Kramer Philadelphia ND-W Pts
6
Oct. 11
Gus Christie
Buffalo ND-W Pts 10
Oct. 19
Len Rowlands Milwaukee ND-W Pts 10
Oct. 23
Gus Christie
Chattanooga TN W Pts 8
Nov.
2 Soldier Bartfield Buffalo ND-L Pts 10
Nov. 19
George Chip
Cincinnati ND-W Pts 10
Dec.
3 Willie Meehan Philadelphia ND-W Pts
6
Dec.
5 George Ashe Johnstown PA ND-W Pts 10
Dec.
8 Terry Martin Charleroi W ko 3
Dec. 17
Gus Christie
Cincinnati ND-W Pts 12
Dec. 25
Whitey Wenzel
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
1918
Jan.
4 Terry Kellar McKeesport ND-W Pts 10
Jan. 14
Battling Kopin
Charleroi W ko 1
Jan. 21
Augie Ratner New
Orleans W Pts 20
Jan. 29
Zulu Kid Bridgeport
CT W Pts 13
Feb.
4 Jack Hubbard Lonaconing MD W ko
3
Feb.
7 Frank Klaus Pittsburgh Exh. 3
Feb. 18
Bob Moha
Cincinnati ND-W Pts 10
Feb. 25
Mike O'Dowd St.
Paul ND-L Pts 10
Mar.
4 Jack Dillon Toledo ND-W Pts 12
Mar. 11
Mike McTigue
Cleveland ND-W Pts 10
Mar. 18
Willie Langford
Buffalo ND-W Pts 6
May
13 Al McCoy Cincinnati ND-W Pts 10
May
15 Clay Turner Bridgeport W Pts 15
May
20 Soldier Bartfield Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
May
24 Gunboat Smith New York ND-W Pts 5
May
29 Soldier Bartfield Toledo ND=W Pts 15
June 20
Zulu Kid New York ND-W Pts 6
June 24
Frank Carbone Bridgeport
CT W Pts 15
July
4 Bob Moha Rock Island IL ND-W Pts 10
July
6 Harry Anderson Cleveland Exh 4
July 16
Soldier Bartfield Philadelphia ND-W Pts
6
July 27
Eddie McGoorty Ft.
Sheridan IL ND-W Pts 10
Aug.
6 Battling Levinsky Philadelphia ND-W Pts 6
Aug.
9 Clay Turner Jersey City ND-W Pts 8
Sept 21
Billy Miske
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Service boxing
Dec. 11
Corporal Green
London W ko 1
Dec. 11
Sergeant Baker
London W ko 1
Dec. 13
Private Ring
London L Pts 4
1919
Returned to professional activity
Jan. 14
Leo Houck
Boston W Pts 12
Jan. 20
Young Fisher
Syracuse ND-W Pts 10
Jan. 23
Paul Samson-Koerner
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Jan. 27
Soldier Bartfield Columbus
OHIO ND-W Pts 12
Jan. 31
Tommy Robson
Cleveland ND-W Pts 10
Feb.
3 Len Rowlands Pittsburgh W tko 3
Feb. 10
Bill Brennan
Syracuse ND-W Pts 10
Feb. 17
Battling Levinsky
Buffalo ND-W Pts 10
Feb. 28
Chuck Wiggins
Toledo ND-W Pts 12
Mar.
3 Chuck Wiggins Detroit ND-W Pts 8
Mar.
6 Leo Houck Lancaster PA ND-W Pts
6
Mar. 17
Bill Brennan
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Mar. 25
Happy Howard Johnstown ND-W Pts 10
Mar. 31
Billy Miske
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Apr.
2 Tommy Madden Butler PA W ko 2
Apr.
7 Young Fisher Syracuse ND-W Pts 10
Apr.
8 George (1-Round) Davis Buffalo ND-W Pts 10
Apr. 25
Leo Houck Erie ND-W Pts 10
Apr. 28
Battling Levinsky Canton
OHIO ND-W Pts 12
May
6 Clay Turner Boston W Pts 12
May
8 Willie Meehan Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
May
13 Bartley Madden Buffalo ND-W Pts 10
May
26 Tommy Robson Syracuse ND-W Pts 10
June 16
Joe Borrell
Philadelphia W tko 5
June 18
Happy Howard Erie ND-W Pts 10
June 20
Yankee Gilbert Wheeling
WV W tko 4
June 23
Mike Gibbons
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
July
4 Bill Brennan Tulsa W Pts 15
July 14
Battling Levinsky
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 6
July 16
George KO Brown
Wheeling ND-W Pts 10
July 24
Joe Chip
Youngstown ND-W Pts 12
Aug. 11
Terry Kellar
Dayton W Pts 15
Aug. 23
Bill Brennan
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Sept
1 Jeff Smith Youngstown
ND-W Pts 12
Sept
3 Battling Levinsky Wheeling ND-W Pts 10
Sept 18
Silent Martin St.
Louis ND-W Pts 8
Oct. 13
Sailor Petroskey
Philadelphia ND-W Pts 6
Nov. 17
George KO Brown Canton
OHIO ND-W Pts 12
Nov. 24
Larry Williams
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Nov. 27
Zulu Kid Beaver
Falls PA ND-W Pts 10
Nov. 28
Soldier Jones
Buffalo W ko 5
Dec. 10
Clay Turner
Buffalo ND-W Pts 10
Dec. 12
Mike McTigue Endicott
NY ND-W Pts 10
Dec. 15
Billy Kramer
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Dec. 22
Clay Turner
Philadelphia ND-W Pts 6
1920
Feb.
6 Zulu Kid Kalamazoo MI ND-D
10
Feb. 21
Bob Roper
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Mar.
9 Clay Turner Akron OHIO ND-W Pts 12
Mar. 17
Tommy Robson
Dayton W Pts 12
Mar. 22
Larry Williams
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Mar. 25
George KO Brown
Denver W Pts 12
Apr.
5 Bob Roper Denver W Pts 12
May
15 Tommy Gibbons Pittsburgh ND-L Pts 10
June
2 Clay Turner Philadelphia ND-W Pts
8
June 28
Frank Carbone Rochester
NY ND-W Pts 10
July
5 Bob Moha Canton ND-W Pts 12
July
8 Larry Williams Buffalo ND-W Pts 10
July 31
Tommy Gibbons
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Aug. 14
Bob Moha Cedar Point OH ND-W Pts 10
Aug. 20
Chuck Wiggins
Kalamazoo ND-W Pts 10
Aug. 28
Ted Jamieson Grand
Rapids MI ND-D 10
Sept
6 Chuck Wiggins Benton Harbor ND-W Pts
6
Sept 22
Ted Jamieson Milwaukee W tko 6
Oct. 21
Gunboat Smith South Bend
IN W ko 1
Oct. 28
Mickey Shannon
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Nov. 10
Bartley Madden
Kalamazoo ND-W Pts 10
Nov. 22
Bob Moha
Milwaukee ND-W Pts 10
Dec. 11
Jack Duffy
Pittsburgh W tko 6
Dec. 21
Bob Roper
Boston W Pts 10
Dec. 25
Jeff Smith
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
1921
Jan. 20
Johnny Celmars Dallas
TX W Pts 10
Jan. 29
Pal Reed
Boston W Pts 10
Feb. 25
Jeff Smith
Boston W Pts 10
Mar. 16
Jack Renault
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Apr.
1 Happy Littleton New Orleans W Pts 15
Apr.
6 Jack Renault Montreal ND-W Pts 10
Apr. 11
Soldier Jones
Toronto W ko 4
May
4 Bartley Madden Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
May
13 Jimmy Darcy Boston W Pts 10
May
20 Jeff Smith New Orleans D
15
May
28 Chuck Wiggins South Bend IN ND-D
10
June 24
Chuck Wiggins Terre
Haute IN ND-D 10
Aug. 29
Kid Norfolk
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Sept
5 Chuck Wiggins Huntington WV
ND-W Pts 10
Sept 20
Joe Cox
Brooklyn W Pts 10
Oct. 24
Jimmy Darcy
Buffalo W Pts 10
Nov.
4 Charley Weinert New York W Pts 15
Nov. 11
Billy Shade Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Nov. 25
Homer Smith Newark
NJ W tko 5
Dec.
6 Fay Keiser Philadelphia ND-W Pts
8
Dec. 23
Whitey Allen
Syracuse W tko 6
1922
Jan.
2 Chuck Wiggins Cincinnati ND-W Pts 10
Feb.
1 Hugh Walker Grand Rapids ND-W Pts 10
Feb. 20
Jeff Smith
Cincinnati ND-W Pts 10
Mar. 13
Tommy Gibbons New
York W Pts 15
May
12 Al Roberts Boston W ko 5
May
23 Gene Tunney New York W Pts 15
(won North American light-heavyweight title)
June 26
Hugh Walker
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
July 20
Tommy Loughran
Philadelphia ND-W Pts 8
Sept 26
Al Benedict
Toronto W tko 2
Sept 29
Bob Roper Grand
Rapids ND-W Pts 10
Oct. 27
Larry Williams Providence
RI W tko 4
Nov. 10
Bob Roper
Buffalo W Pts 12
1923
Jan.
1 Bob Roper Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Jan. 15
Tommy Loughran
Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Jan. 22
Billy Shade Jersey
City ND-W Pts 12
Jan. 30
Tommy Loughran New
York W Pts 15
(retained North American light-heavyweight title)
Feb.
5 Pal Reed Newark NJ ND-W Pts 12
Feb. 16
Young Fisher
Syracuse W Pts 12
Feb. 23
Gene Tunney New
York L Pts 15
(lost North American light-heavyweight title)
June 16
Len Rowlands Uniontown
PA W ko 3
Aug. 31
Johnny Wilson New
York W Pts 15
(won World middleweight title)
Oct.
4 Jimmy Darcy Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Oct. 11
Tommy Loughran
Boston L Pts 10
Oct. 22
Lou Bogash
Newark ND-W Pts 12
Nov.
5 Soldier Jones Pittsburgh ND-W Pts 10
Nov. 15
Chuck Wiggins Grand
Rapids ND-W Pts 10
Dec.
3 Bryan Downey Pittsburgh W
Pts 10
(retained World middleweight title)
Dec. 10
Gene Tunney New
York L Pts 15
(for North American light-heavyweight title)
Dec. 25
Tommy Loughran
Pittsburgh W Pts 10
1924
Jan. 18
Johnny Wilson New
York W Pts 15
(retained World middleweight title)
Feb. 22
Jack Reeves Oakland
CA W Pts 4
Mar. 24
Fay Keiser
Baltimore W tko 12
(retained World middleweight title)
Apr. 19
Kid Norfolk
Boston L dsq 6
May
5 Jackie Clark Kenilworth MD W tko
2
May
12 Pal Reed Pittsburgh W Pts 10
June 12
Martin Burke
Cleveland ND-W Pts 10
June 16
Frank Moody Waterbury
CT W ko 6
June 26
Ted Moore New
York W Pts 15
(retained World middleweight title)
Aug. 21
Tiger Flowers Fremont
OHIO ND-W Pts 10
Sept
3 Jimmy Slattery Buffalo W
Pts 6
Sept 15
Billy Hirsch Mingo
Junction OH W tko 8
Sept 17
Gene Tunney
Cleveland ND-L Pts 10
Oct. 13
Tommy Loughran
Philadelphia D 10
Nov. 11
Ray Nelson Philipsburg
PA W ko 3
Nov. 17
Jimmy Delaney
Pittsburgh W Pts 10
Nov. 25
Frankie Ritz Wheeling
WV W ko 2
1925
Jan.
1 Augie Ratner Pittsburgh W Pts 10
Jan.
9 Bob Sage Detroit ND-W Pts 10
Jan. 19
Johnny Papke Zanesville
OHIO W tko 7
Jan. 22
Kid Lewis
Pittsburgh W ko 1
(Billed as an exhibition, but Lewis came in swinging)
Jan. 30
Jimmy Delaney St.
Paul ND-W Pts 10
Feb. 17
Billy Britton Allentown
PA W Pts 10
Feb. 23
Young Fisher Scranton
PA W dsq 6
Mar. 27
Gene Tunney St. Paul
MN ND-L Pts 10
Apr. 17
Johnny Wilson
Boston W Pts 10
Apr. 24
Jack Reddick
Toronto W Pts 10
May
1 Quintin Romero-Rojas Detroit ND-W Pts 10
May
6 Billy Britton Columbus OHIO W Pts 12
May
29 Tommy Burns Indianapolis ND-W Pts 10
June
1 Soldier Buck Louisville ND-W Pts 10
June
5 Jimmy Nuss Ishpeming MI W ko
5
July
2 Mickey Walker New York W Pts 15
(retained World middleweight title)
July 16
Maxie Rosenbloom Cleveland ND-W Pts 10
July 23
Billy Britton
Columbus W Pts 10
July 27
Ralph Brooks
Wichita ND-W Pts 10
July 31
Otis Bryant Tulsa W ko 3
Aug.
4 Ed Smith Kansas City MO W ko
4
Aug. 12
Pat Walsh Atlantic
City NJ W tko 2
Aug. 17
Tommy Burns
Detroit ND-W Pts 10
Oct. 13
Tony Marullo
Pittsburgh W Pts 10
Nov. 13
Tony Marullo New
Orleans W Pts 15
(retained World middleweight
title)
Dec. 14
Soldier Buck Nashville
TN W Pts 8
1926
Jan. 11
Roland Todd
Toronto W Pts 12
Jan. 19
Joe Lohman Omaha W Pts 10
Jan. 26
Ted Moore Los Angeles W Pts 10
Jan. 29
Buck Holly
Hollywood W tko 5
Feb.
3 Jimmy Delaney Oakland CA W Pts 10