Moe Herscovitch boxer

Moe 'Montgomery' Hart Herscovitch (October 27, 1896 – July 22, 1969) was a Canadian middleweight and welterweight boxer who competed in the early 1920s. He was also a prominent rugby football player in Montreal.Born in Romania to Jewish parents, Vetra 'William' and Anna Herscovitch, he emigrated with his family to Montréal, Canada. He Anglicized his given name to 'Montgomery,' but was known to everyone as 'Moe.'Although short in stature at 5' 6", he was incredibly athletic. He played football with the Montreal Football Club of the Inter-Provincial Rugby Union until 1915 when it was disbanded due to the increasing hostilities of World War I.Eager to do his part in WWI, Herscovitch joined the 66th Battery, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. A gunner, while posted overseas he took up the sport of boxing, winning a number of competitions, including the Aldershot welterweight division. When he returned from the War in 1919, he played with Montreal's successor rugby team which won the division championships that year, but he also continued to box.He was selected for Canada's 1920 Olympic boxing team and assigned to its middleweight division. At Antwerp that August, he won a bronze medal, only losing to Briton Harry Mallin in the semi-final.He married Celia Goldblatt at Temple Beth Jhuda in Montreal on 18 December 1921.