Gordon Engelbert Schmalz

1912 - 1999  (86 years)

• Name	Gordon Engelbert Schmalz
  Born	11 Jun 1912	Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248962217
  Interesting	Boxing, Sports
  	Welterweight Chamption of Canada
  Residence	1921	196 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-324371
  Died	6 Jan 1999	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I324371	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Engelbert Schmaltz,   b. 29 Oct 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jul 1920, Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Anna "Annie" Harnock,   b. 9 Oct 1872, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 12 Nov 1949  (Age 77 years)
  Married	18 Oct 1893
  Family ID	F18146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Philomina Koebel,   b. 1918, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. May 2010  (Age 92 years)
  Married	3 Oct 1936	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. James Daniel Bickers,   b. 7 Feb 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Nov 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)   2. Paul Schmalz   3. Dr. Peter Stanley Schmalz,   b. 22 Oct 1938,   d. 1 Oct 2021  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F211165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Agnes "Cissie" Beare,   b. 2 Mar 1911, , Ireland ,   d. 10 Apr 1997, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F264581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SCHAMLZ, Gordon - Of Kitchener, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999, at Central Park Lodge, 86 years of age. During his boxing career Gordon was the Welterweight Champion of Canada and is a member of the Hall of Fame. He is survived by a sister, Edna Beneteau of Waterloo; brother, William and daughter-in-law, Marion Bickers, both of Kitchener. Predeceased by a son, James Bickers; brothers, Edward, Alfred and Leo; sister, Minette Kindrat, Eleanor Bickers and Rose Diemert. Visitation at the Schreiter- Sandrock Funeral Home and Chapel, 51 Benton at Church St., 742-4481 on Monday, Jan. 11, 1999 from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Cremation will follow. Donations to St. Mary's Hospital Foundation, 911 Queen's Blvd., Kitchener as expressions of sympathy would be appreciated. Schreiter Sandrock Memorial Grove ________________ Gordon Schmalz was a product of amateur boxing in Kitchener-Waterloo. For twenty-five years, he contributed to the sport as a fighter, trainer and promoter. After first entering the ring at the age of fourteen, Schmalz went on to win the Ontario and New York State Golden Glove titles as well as the Canadian Championship. Following his active career, he continued to promote amateur boxing cards throughout Ontario. Schmalz' career reached a high point from 1936 to 1938 when he was the Canadian welterweight champion. After losing in the finals in 1934 and 1935 he won the title for the next three years. During the war, he won two army scrolls in 1940 and 1941, one in the 147 pound class and the other in the unlimited class. He had more than 300 fights in his career and lost only thirty-three. Schmalz started promoting amateur cards in 1938 until 1955, while still boxing exhibitions himself until he retired in 1947. One of the highlights of his career was when he authored one of the quickest knockouts. At the nineteen-second mark of the first round, he disposed of Tony Russo to win his first Canadian title. List of Hall of Fame inductees (2023). Available at: https://regionofwaterloomuseums.ca/en/visit/list-of-hall-of-fame-inductees.aspx#Gordon-Schmalz-b-1912 (Accessed: 13 June 2023).

  
  

• Sources

  [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 25 Page 1.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Jun 1912 - Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Residence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 3 Oct 1936 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Jan 1999 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth