BANDAGE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TENSOR SPORTS BANDAGE, GAUZE
- Date Range From
- 1965
- Date Range To
- 1975
- Materials
- GAUZE, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P20010034004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TENSOR SPORTS BANDAGE, GAUZE
- Date Range From
- 1965
- Date Range To
- 1975
- Materials
- GAUZE, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 5.5
- Diameter
- 3
- Description
- TWO WHITE ROLLER GAUZE BANDAGES. ONE ROLL IS UNUSED AND IS IN BROWN PAPER PACKAGE. GAUZE IS UNMARKED.
- Subjects
- SPORTS EQUIPMENT
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- SPORTS
- History
- BANDAGES WERE USED TO WRAP HANDS FOR BOXING. KAI YIP WAS BORN IN VANCOUVER, BC IN 1939. OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, BEGINNING IN 1954 AT AGE 16, YIP COMPETED IN 100 BOXING BOUTS, INCLUDING CLUB AND INTER-CLUB MATCHES THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN PROVINCES AND MONTANA. IN 1954 AND 1955 YIP WON THE JUNIOR PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 110 LB AND 112 LB CLASS RESPECTIVELY. YIP WAS GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPION IN 1955 AT 110 LBS AND 1956 AT 112 LBS AND THE SENIOR ALBERTA PROVINCIAL CHAMPION AT 112 LBS IN 1956 AND 119 LBS IN 1958. IN 1956 HE WON THE CANADIAN SENIOR TITLE AT 112 LBS AND IN 1958 THOOK THE 119 LBS CROWN. AS WELL, YIP WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF CANADA AT THE BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES IN CARDIFF, WALES. YIP WENT ON TO BECOME A BOXING COACH WITH THE LETHBRIDGE BOXING CLUB FROM 1976 ON. HE COACHED RICK DUFF AT THE 1984 OLYMPICS IN LETHBRIDGE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010034004
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-10
- Collection
- Museum
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