matches after retiring from boxing, as well as operating a gym, serving in the Ohio Senate and acting as Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court. Kilbane was such a popular prizefighter in his day that his name appeared in print as a verb. An unsigned commentary in the sports pages of the New York Times on May 16, 1912, reported on an episode involving Detroit baseball player Ty Cobb, who the day before, in a game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, had gone into the stands after a heckler. The commentary said, "The famous baseball player from Detroit, Ty Cobb chased after a heckler during a game with the New York Yankees and 'Johnny Kilbaned' him right where he stood...and in so doing stopped the profane and intolerable language dead in its tracks, along with the heckler himself". Kilbane was a distant relative of the Irish boxer John Joe Nevin, the footballer Darren Fletcher, the wrestler Giant Haystacks and the Irish footballer Kevin Kilbane. His family was originally from Achill, County Mayo, Ireland. He died on May 31, 1957, in Cleveland, Ohio. Awards and honors 12-year reign as World Featherweight Champion 1995: International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee 2012: Street where Kilbane grew up in Cleveland (Herman Avenue) was renamed Kilbane Town and 2012: Statue on Achill Island, Mayo, Ireland from where his parents emigrated. 2014: Statue in Cleveland's Battery Park neighborhood. Professional boxing record All information in this section is derived from BoxRec, unless otherwise stated. Official record All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column. Unofficial record Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column. References External links Johnny Kilbane at Flickr Commons Johnny Kilbane |- |- 1889 births 1957 deaths Boxers from Cleveland Featherweight boxers World boxing champions American male boxers