Toledo’s Wilbert “Skeeter” McClure defeated Carmelo Bossi to win the light middleweight gold medal for the United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.

Here he rides and waves through downtown Toledo in a parade held in his honor on September 8, 1968.

BLADE ARCHIVE PHOTO

Reprints are full resolution on archival paper without watermarks. Frames are simple, 1.25” black wood frames with single soft white matting and tempered glass.