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Gift of Steven Ike, 2024.28.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, In Copyrig…
Willie Pep
Gift of Steven Ike, 2024.28.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, In Copyright

Willie Pep

American, 1922 - 2006
BiographyGuglielmo Papaleo, better known by the stage name Willie Pep, was born on 19 September 1922 in Middletown, Connecticut. He was a professional boxer, who held the World Featherweight championship twice between the years of 1942 and 1950. He died on 23 November 2006 in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
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