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Paddy Read - Pasquale

Paddy Read - Pasquale
born on Crout Street, Providence (Federal Hill)

Started Boxing t age 10 at the Federal Hill House

Inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame 4-24-05

-photo Courtesy of Michale Belsito

11 comments:

  1. Paddy Read used to come to my family's restaurant "Smith's Restaurant occasionally. He was a nice man with a gentle smile.

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    1. Hello, do you have anything from Smiths Restaurant? Photos, memorabilia, etc., I am VERY interested! Please contact me at rgiorgio9@gmail.com or my number anytime at (401) 215-7949 thank you!

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  2. I met Paddy Read in the VA Hospital in Providence RI I was so surprised when I met him and said that when I was a kid, me and my best friend of 45 years a who deceased, we would watch boxing and wrestling on Saturdays at his house. and I saw him then. whoa! I feel so good that I actuallyl met him. Thanks Paddy
    If you read this I am Pierre


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    1. were is he at which state is he in the hall of fame

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  3. I was in the army with paddy reed. We were on the army boxing team together and became good friends. Of course after our discharges' we lost contact!
    Is Paddy alive? How can I get in touch with him?

    Frank D'Agostino.

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    1. Hi. Do you know how to get in touch with Paddy?? My dad is his half brother.....

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    2. Hello , paddy was my grandfather, sorry to say he passed last week . What’s your fathers name I remember his brother Walter

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    3. Hello ,I’m his grandson . Sorry to say he passed last week . What is your fathers name . I remember uncle Walter

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  5. Sorry to hear that he passed. My great grandmother Maria Palumbo (Barrington. RI) and his Grandfather were brother and sister.

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