Smokin' Joe Frazier Boxing Gear Part of Haddonfield Doctor's Collection
Haddonfield doctor Nicholas DePace has a world-class sports memorabilia collection featuring Joe Frazier's boxing gear. DePace and Frazier were friends.
Robes and championship belt from 1971 Ali-Frazier fight in DePace collection.
Bill Duhart
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The planned Nicholas DePace sports museum on Haddon Avenue in Collingswood will feature the robe and trunks Frazier wore before his signature fight with Muhammad Ali in 1971.
Frazier was a patient of Dr. DePace's and a friend, he said. DePace is a cardiologist. Frazier, a former heavyweight boxing champion, died Monday following a brief bout with liver cancer.
DePace's collection also features a rare Honus Wagner baseball card from 1910 which he bought from an order of nuns last December.
BobG
7:31 pm on Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Joe and Rick Mears are the only sports figures I know of that turn signing an autograph or taking a picture into being all about the fan who asked. Godspeed, Joe!