Jack Dempsey Autographs
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and was world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. He is ranked sixth on The Ring magazine's list of all-time heavyweights and fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years.
Dempsey was the inaugural winner of the Edward J. Neil Memorial Plaque in 1938, awarded by the Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York. Dempsey was an inaugural inductee of The Ring magazine Hall of Fame (1954), the World Boxing Hall of Fame (1980), and the International Boxing Hall of Fame (1990). Considered one of the most iconic athletes of his era, Dempsey generated boxing's first million-dollar gate in 1921 against Georges Carpentier ($1,789,238), surpassing his own 1919 record of $452,522.10 set versus Jess Willard. He later drew the sport's first two-million-dollar gate in his 1927 rematch with Gene Tunney.
Dempsey was born in Manassa, Colorado and grew up in Colorado, West Virginia, and Utah, in a poor family. His parents were Mary Celia (née Smoot) and Hiram Dempsey. Dempsey was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in 1903 following his eighth birthday, the "age of accountability", according to church doctrine.
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Current items with a signature of Jack Dempsey
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Traded items with a signature of Jack Dempsey
The most expensive item with a signature of Jack Dempsey (1930's BABE RUTH & JACK DEMPSEY on SWEET SPOT Signed MLB Baseball PSA & Beckett) was sold in April 2025 for $11,400.00 while the cheapest item (VINTAGE JACK DEMPSEY AUTOGRAPH SIGNED BROADWAY RESTAURANT SOUVENIR + POST CARDS) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2013. The month with the most items sold (22) was December 2025 with an average selling price of $89.05 for an autographed item of Jack Dempsey. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2016 with $342.30 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $16.49 was October 2015. In average, an autographed item from Jack Dempsey is worth $56.00.
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Latest News about Jack Dempsey
Former police minister Jack Dempsey's battle with breast cancer (03/09/2015): It started with a sharp pain as he hugged his children and ended with a mastectomy. Jack Dempsey Cain (02/11/2015): Cain was preceded in death by his brothers, George Lanier Cain and Randall Cain, grandsons, Gregory Jack Cain, Jr. “Bubba” and Kasey Farwell. PulsePoint Appoints Jack Dempsey Southerland III as SVP of Programmatic Solution (02/09/2015): PulsePoint, a next-gen advertising technology platform, today announced the appointment of Jack Dempsey Southerland III to the role of SVP of Programmatic Solutions. Southerland will manage the extension of PulsePoint’s open RTB platform in developing programmatic direct and custom solutions. Police Minister Jack Dempsey orders probe into bridge suicide victims (01/05/2015): Police Minister Jack Dempsey this morning asked Police Commissioner Ian Stewart to investigate complaints of Queensland Water Police delays in recovering bodies under the Story Bridge. Named for a champion, Jack Dempsey set to make his own name in NRC (09/30/2014): When Michael Dempsey first looked down at his new born son on April 12, 1994 he saw he had two black eyes. Then bursting with as much excitement as pride and love, he declared that while officially his name is John, he would be known as "Jack." 
Older News Stories about Jack Dempsey
Police Minister Jack Dempsey defends Queensland crime figures (08/2014): Minister dismisses "silly statistics" the question government line. Was That Shawn Porter…Or Jack Dempsey? | BoxingInsider.com (04/2014): I’m still not sure it was Shawn Porter I saw on Saturday…or Jack Dempsey. I know, I know, Dempsey died back in the 80s – at least that’s what we’ve been told – but Porter really reminded me of the guy as he absolutely destroyed the talented Paulie Malignaggi live on Showtime. Retiring Morris County Undersheriff Jack Dempsey looks back on career of fightin (12/2013): John 'Jack' Dempsey could have passed in the 1970s as a cast member of 'The Mod Squad' as he... - 1:09 am Opposition calls for Jack Dempsey trip investigation (07/2013): The opposition has asked for an investigation to be launched into the circumstances leading up to Jack Dempsey's first visit to Cairns as police minister. Tunney Boxings Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey (06/2013): A book about Irish boxing giants has recently been released. "Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey" by Jack Cavanaugh outlines Gene Tunney's two famous victories over fellow Irish pugilist Jack Dempsey in the 1920s. In brief: Original Jack Dempsey turned 150 yesterday - Sun, 16 Dec 2012 PST (12/2012): PORTLAND – Even the most avid Oregon boxing fans might be unaware that one of the greatest middleweights is buried at Mount Cavalry Cemetery in Portland. And Saturday marked the 150th anniversary of his birth. City Room: Jack Dempsey vs. Rocky Graziano (08/2012): Metropolitan Diary: A young autograph collector pits one boxing champion against another. The Great Heavyweights – Jack Dempsey (05/2012): By John F. McKenna: Jack Dempsey roared onto the boxing scene just prior to the beginning of the 1920’s. The “Roaring Twenties” if you will. And no individual did more to put that roar into the age which brought theUnited States into its role as a world power Classic Biofile with Jack Dempsey | BoxingInsider.com (01/2011): Note: This Biofile about Jack Dempsey was conducted on April 15, 1997 with Jack Dempsey’s wife Deanna Dempsey at her Manhattan apartment. Status: Former World Heavyweight champion 1919-1926.
