Max Schmeling 2005 Deaths
Max Schmeling
Age: 99German heavyweight-boxing champion who in 1936 gave Joe Louis his first-ever defeat. The 1938 rematch was filled with charged political overtones, and Louis's first-round knockout win was considered a symbolic victory against Nazi Germany.
Died: Hollenstadt, Germany, Feb. 2, 2005Maria Schell | R - Z | Fritz Scholder |