Washington State University Athletics

Ed McKinnon was described by Coach Ike Deeter as the finest WSU boxer in the 30 years Deeter was associated with the Cougar program.  McKinnon was the National 155-pound champion in 1937 while leading the Cougars to the national championship at Wisconsin. He was also and was the Pacific Coast middleweight titlist in both 1935 and 1937.  Additionally, he won the Far Western Diamond Belt Championship at Portland, Ore., in 1935 and 1936, was Pacific Coast AAU middleweight champion in 1936 and won the Post Intelligencer (Seattle) Golden Gloves title two years.