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- Birth nameGeorge Lewis Rickard
- Tex Rickard was born on January 2, 1870 in Sherman, Texas, USA. He was a producer, known for The Joe Gans-Battling Nelson Fight (1906), The Official Motion Pictures of the Heavyweight Boxing Contest Between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey (1927) and The Great White Way (1924). He was married to Maxine Hodges. He died on July 6, 1929 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
- SpouseMaxine Hodges(1926 - ?)
- Founded the NHL's New York Rangers franchise.
- Boxing promoter.
- Biography in: "The Boxing Register" by James B. Roberts and Alexander G. Skutt. 4th edition. Ithaca, NY: McBooks Press, 2006.
- Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.
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