Autograph request
Postcard sent by Bray to Ben Foord on 10th June 1938 asking for his autograph.
Ben Foord (21 January 1913, in Vrede - 29 September 1942) was a South African professional light heavy/cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 1930s and 1940s, who won the South African heavyweight title, British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoFC) British heavyweight title (though he was South African), and British Empire heavyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb), i.e. Light heavyweight to 216 lb (98.0 kg; 15 st 6.0 lb), i.e. Heavyweight.
After retiring from boxing, Foord joined the army, and while at home on leave he was playing a practical joke by sneaking up on his wife Phyllis with a pistol and pretending to be a desperado, Foord then attempted gunspinning in the American frontier style and accidentally shot himself in the face, killing himself