Jack O'Halloran (born April 8, 1943) is an American former boxer and actor. O'Halloran is best known for such films as Superman, Superman II and Dragnet.
Biography
Boxing
O'Halloran was born in Philadelphia and lived in Runnemede, New Jersey. Fighting as "Irish" Jack O'Halloran from Boston, he was a heavyweight boxing contender active from 1966 to 1974. The 6-foot, 6-inch O'Halloran was undefeated throughout his first 16 professional fights.
During his boxing career, O'Halloran defeated former title contenders Cleveland Williams and Manuel Ramos. He also defeated Danny McAlinden, who won a bronze medal in boxing at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica and later became the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion. O'Halloran's losses included defeats to Joe Bugner, Ron Lyle, and future heavyweight champions George Foreman and Ken Norton.
In 1973, O'Halloran was close to attaining a match against Muhammad Ali when he was knocked out by Jimmy Summerville. This ended his chances to fight Ali. Although O'Halloran went on to defeat Summerville by K.O. in a rematch, with only three more wins and five losses he was never again a serious heavyweight contender.
Jack O'Halloran (born 9 July 1929) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, North Melbourne and Footscray in the VFL during the 1950s.
A rover, O'Halloran made his league debut with Essendon in 1950 but struggled to get regular game time. As a result he crossed to North Melbourne where he remained for five seasons, winning their best and fairest award in 1953. He finished his VFL career at Footscray, playing 17 games for the club in a season and a half.
In 1958, O'Halloran briefly transferred to Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association. He was granted a permit by the Association, but it was revoked after playing only one game when the Permit Committee realised it had made an error – O'Halloran was 28, but the rules required that a player had to be 27 or less to transfer from the VFL to the VFA, unless was transferring as a coach or met residential criteria, which at that time O'Halloran did not. He returned to Yarraville in 1959 and finished his career there.
O'Halloran (also O'Halleron, Halloran, Haloran, and in Irish, Ó hAllmhuráin or Ó hAlluráin) is the surname of a Gaelic-Irish family. The name roughly translates as 'from beyond the sea.' The family motto is 'Clann Fearghaile Abú.' This comes from the Galway branch, clann Fhergail (the family of the men of the foreigner), whose territory was extensive around Lough Corrib.
The name originates from County Clare and County Galway, with the Clare branch having links with the Dál gCais clan.