Leonard "Nipper" Read
| Nipper Read | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Leonard Ernest Read 31 March 1925 Nottingham, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Former policeman and boxing administrator |
Leonard Ernest "Nipper" Read QPM (born 31 March 1925) is a British former policeman and boxing administrator.
Read served as a petty officer in the Royal Navy during the war. He joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1947. He was Detective Chief Superintendent of Met's Murder Squad in 1967, and efforts of detectives led by him were responsible for the conviction of Ronnie and Reginald Kray. He held various positions as a boxing administrator, most notably chairman of the British Boxing Board of Control, vice president of the World Boxing Council and vice-president of the World Boxing Association.
He has published two autobiographies with ghostwriter James Morton; Nipper 1991; and Nipper Read: the man who nicked the Krays (2001).
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