George Bracken

Australian boxer & singer (b. Palm Island, Qld. 1935 -

Before Cassius Clay or Lionel Rose combined boxing with a pop recording career there was George Bracken. George got his start with Jimmy Sharman's boxing troupe in Queensland and soon moved to Victoria to begin training. He'd always been a social singer and was approached by W&G records to cut a couple of singles in the early 60's. In the end George had more hits in the ring that on the charts but he was there before anyone else. He later went back to school and dedicated his life to liaising between police and the indigenous community in Redfern, Sydney.