Jack Gibbons is Tommy Gibbons' second oldest child and one of only two children alive and present at the Dempsey-Gibbons fight in July 1923. Jack attended Notre Dame in South Bend, IN. He is pictured (right & below) with his fiance Marie Fandel. During the summer of 1941, Jack worked out west in the Glasier National Park in Montana. During his stay at Glasier, Jack acquired a strep infection in his foot. An infection that would easily be treated today with antibiotics caused his death at the age of 21.

Born: Sept.11, 1919
Engaged to: Marie Fandel
Died: Aug 28, 1941

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