Jack Doyle (December 27, 1877 – January 30, 1944) was an American railroad engineer, saloon owner, boxing promoter, and oil-industry investor. In the 1910s he ran what was called the "longest bar in the world" in Vernon, California, United States. He was later instrumental in the creation of both the Vernon Coliseum and the Olympic Auditorium. He retired from fight promotion by 1932 and successfully transitioned to oil drilling at Signal Hill.[1][2][3]
Jack Doyle | |
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.jpg) Doyle in 1925 (Los Angeles Herald Examiner, September 28) | |
| Born | John Joseph Doyle December 27, 1877 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 30, 1944 (aged 66) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
He also had a ranch in Kern County.[4] His brother Thomas Doyle served in the California State Assembly.[2] Doyle died in Santa Monica, California, in 1944 at the age of 66.[5]
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Just prior to the advent of Prohibition in 1919, the Los Angeles Times featured "The Last Days of Jack Doyle's, the Biggest Saloon in the World" -
620 S. Irving in Windsor Square built for Doyle in 1919, is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Landmark No. 628
See also
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edit- ^ Rasmussen, Cecilia (June 23, 1997). "A Teetotaler's Bar and Boxing Mecca". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ a b "Jack Doyle, Promoter of Boxing Bouts, Dies; Founder of Famous Vernon Arena Passes in Santa Monica". The Los Angeles Times. January 31, 1944. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ Fowler, Gene (1934). Father Goose: The Story of Mack Sennett. New York: Covici, Friede. pp. 249–262.
- ^ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVK-2XW : 24 December 2021), John Joseph Doyle, 1917-1918.
- ^ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGMK-8KNN : Fri Mar 08 14:49:53 UTC 2024), Entry for John Joseph Doyle and Patrick M Doyle, 30 January 1944.
External links
edit- "Jack Doyle at Elks Club, Southern California, 1940". digitallibrary.usc.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
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