FRANK CRAIG
LONDON (?), c. 1890s
Frank Craig, also known as ‘The Harlem Coffee Cooler’ (c.1863-1942). A middleweight boxer and amateur performer who came to England in 1894 and won the English middleweight championship against George Chrisp in 1898. Craig appeared on the Music Hall stage and in several films and still fought occasionally at the age of 70.