Bill Tate (boxer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American boxer
Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1911
Place of Birth: Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 10-Aug-1953
Profession: boxer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Bill Tate (boxer)
- Big Bill Tate (September 19, 1896 – August 10, 1953), a native of Montgomery, Alabama who fought out of Chicago, was an African American boxer who fought from 1912 to 1927.
- Tate was a regular sparring partner of heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, yet Dempsey denied him a shot at the title. Tate graduated from Alabama's Normal School for Colored Students, a state-supported teacher's college for African Americans, in 1905.
- He reigned as the World Colored Heavyweight Champion from 25 January 1917, when he beat Sam Langford, to 25 May 1917, when Langford reclaimed the title.
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