Englewood Makes History

Mays, Sonny (?-?)

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Title

Mays, Sonny (?-?)
"Alsace Lorraine"

Description

Sonny Mays was a light-heavyweight boxer in the 1930s from Englewood's "Little Texas," neighborhood. He was also a football player with the Palisades Park Eskimos. Mays was also the doorman for the popular black-owned Harlem-on-the-Hudson nightclub in Englewood Cliffs.

Source

"They're Interested Anyway." The Record, 3 Sept. 1930, p.16.
"Sonny Mays Kayoes Bertelin in Fifth." The Record, 7 Aug. 1931, p.13.

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Source of File Attached

"They're Interested Anyway." The Record, 3 Sept. 1930, p.16.

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Citation

“Mays, Sonny (?-?),” Englewood Makes History, accessed September 11, 2024, https://englewoodmakeshistory.org/items/show/519.

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