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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name= Felix G. "Pete" Mead<br>
| name= Felix G. "Pete" Mead<br>
(American middleweight boxer, 1942 to 1951)
(American middleweight boxer, 1942 to 1951)
He fought fifty-six times in the ring, both in the [[United States]] and overseas. His boxing career was interrupted by [[World War II]], during which he served in the [[United States Army]]. However, he fought several exhibition bouts during his military years. His brother Tullos Lee Mead (1934-2011) was a high school [[football]] and [[basketball]] coach in northeastern Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emersonfuneralhome.com/obituary/1152891|title=Toullos Lee Mead obityary|publisher=emersonfuneralhome.com|accessdate=November 25, 2019}}</ref> Another brother was Garland Mead (1922-1989).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Pete_Mead|title=Pete Mead|publisher=boxrec.com|accessdate=November 25, 2019}}</ref>
He fought fifty-six times in the ring, both in the [[United States]] and overseas. His boxing career was interrupted by [[World War II]], during which he served in the [[United States Army]]. However, he fought several exhibition bouts during his military years. His brother Tullos Lee Mead (1934-2011) was a high school [[football]] and [[basketball]] coach in northeastern Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emersonfuneralhome.com/obituary/1152891|title=Toullos Lee Mead obityary|publisher=emersonfuneralhome.com|accessdate=November 25, 2019}}</ref> Another brother was Garland Mead (1922-1989).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Pete_Mead|title=Pete Mead|publisher=boxrec.com|accessdate=November 25, 2019}}</ref>
==Boxing record==
==Boxing record==
Over the years Mead kept in touch with such friends and former competitors as Rocky Marciano, Herbie Kronowitz, Joey DeJohn, Rocky Graziano, [[Jack Dempsey]], [[Joe Louis]], and Bill Hannigan.<ref name=findagrave/>
Over the years Mead kept in touch with such friends and former competitors as Rocky Marciano, Herbie Kronowitz, Joey DeJohn, Rocky Graziano, [[Jack Dempsey]], [[Joe Louis]], and Bill Hannigan.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
==References==
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