Dick McTaggart

Dick McTaggart
MBE
	McTaggart (left) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Richard McTaggart
Nationality	Scottish
Born	15 October 1935 (age 88); Dundee, Scotland, U.K.
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse	Doreen Cochran (1966-present)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Club	Royal Air Force; Dundee Boxing Club
Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
Representing Scotland
Commonwealth Games
European Amateur Championships

Richard McTaggart, MBE (born 15 October 1935) is a Scottish retired amateur boxer. He competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in the lightweight division and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. In 1956 he received the Val Barker Trophy for best boxing style at the Olympics. At the 1964 Olympics McTaggart moved to the light-welterweight category, but lost in the third bout to the eventual winner Jerzy Kulej. McTaggart won the British ABA title in 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1965,^[1] and retired with a record of 610 wins out of 634 bouts.^[2]

McTaggart was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1985 Birthday Honours for services to amateur boxing in Scotland.^[3]

In retirement McTaggart worked as a boxing coach and prepared the Scottish team to the 1990 Commonwealth Games. In 2002 he was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. His four brothers were also amateur boxers.^[1]^[2]

Achievements


Year	Competition	Location	Position	Event
1954	ABA Championships	London, England	2nd	Featherweight
1956	ABA Championships	London, England	1st	Lightweight
1956	Olympic Games	Melbourne, Australia	1st
1958	ABA Championships	London, England	1st
1958	Commonwealth Games	Cardiff, Wales	1st
1960	Olympic Games	Rome, Italy	3rd
1961	European Amateur Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st
IABA Golden Jubilee Tournament^[4]	Dublin, Ireland	1st
1962	Commonwealth Games	Perth, Western Australia	2nd	Light welterweight
1962	ABA Championships	London, England	2nd
1963	ABA Championships	London, England	1st
1964	ABA Championships^[5]	London, England	3rd
1965	ABA Championships	London, England	1st

1956 Olympic results

Round of 32: bye
Round of 16: defeated Chandrasena Jayasuriya (Ceylon) by decision
Quarterfinal: defeated Andre Vairolatto (France) by decision
Semifinal: defeated: Anatoly Lagetko (Soviet Union) by decision
Final: defeated Harry Kurschat (West Germany) by decision (won gold medal)

Awards and honours

Order of the British Empire – Member (MBE)
Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame^[6]
Member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame^[6]
Val Barker Trophy (1956)
Lifetime Achievement Award - Team Scotland Sports Awards^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dick McTaggart". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Dick McTaggart. sshf.co.uk
^ United Kingdom list: "No. 50154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1985. p. 14.
^ "IABA Golden Jubilee Tournament". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "British ABA National Championships 1964". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Dick McTaggart". Team Scotland. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Dick McTaggart Delighted by Lifetime Achievement Award". Team Scotland. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2022.