Dick Findlay of Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

 is one of the few boxers from British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 to earn a spot on a Canadian Olympic

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 Boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 team

Early career

In 1966 and 1967, Findlay had the distinction of being the first boxer to earn back-to-back "Golden Boy" awards in the BC Golden Gloves

BC GOLDEN GLOVES

The Golden Gloves in British Columbia, Canada has been a key amateur boxing tournament since its inception in 1939. The debut Golden Gloves champions in 1939 were Wayne Morris, Alan Dunn, Phil Vickery, Erick Burnell, Bob Hickey, Henry Devine and Kenny Lindsay...

. Findlay was also a boxer in the 1967 International Diamond Belt Centennial Boxing Championship hosted by the Rajah and Burnaby Shrine Clubs held on March 31 - April 1 at the PNE's Agrodome in Vancouver.

Findlay achieved three BC Golden Boy awards in a row before 1968, but settled for Golden Boy runner-up award when Portland boxer RAY LAMPKIN of the Knott Street Boxing Club was named 1968 BC Golden Boy.

In the finals of the 1968 BC Golden Gloves, Findlay of the
East Vancouver Optimists earned a decision over Nicky McDonald
of the Vancouver Firefighters Boxing Club and was named the
BC Golden Boy Runner-up

1967 Pan-American Games

In 1967, Findlay was a member of the Canadian Pan American Games

Pan American Games

The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

 Boxing Team.

Team Canada boxers were Dick Findlay, Donato Paduano, Frank Scott

Frank Albert Scott

Frank Albert Scott is a former boxer and boxing coach.Frank won a bronze medal in the 1966 Commonwealth Games. He was a member of the Canadian Boxing Team in the 1966 and 1970 Commonwealth Games, and the 1967 Pan American Games....

, Freddy Fuller

Freddy Stephen Fuller

Freddy Stephen Fuller is an ex-amateur boxer from British Columbia, Canada. A member of the 1967 Canadian Pan Am Games boxing team, past Canadian Amateur Boxing Champion several times in the Sixties and 1970...

, Gerald Ratte, Marijan Koler, Walter Henry, and Wayne Boyce.

1968 Canadian Olympic Boxing Team

Richard(Dick) Findlay was one of the few 1968 Canadian Olympic boxers. Team members were Walter Henry and Donato Paduano.

British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall Of Fame

In September 2010, Dick Findlay was named as one of 15 first ever
inductees into the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall Of Fame.
The select fifteen are:
Chris Ius, Dale Walters, Dave Brown,Dick Findlay, Eddie Haddad,
Elio Ius, Frank Scott, Fred Desrosiers, Fred Fuller, Freddy Fuller,
Harold Mann, Jimmy Walters, Manny Sobral, Pat O'Reilly, and Rick Brough.
(2010 Administrators - brian zelley, daniel mcgarvie, ray beaulieu,
scott galloway, steve wood and steven kodiak.)