Black and white photograph of a man (Eddie Lander) wearing "Frager" boxing shorts and boxing gloves, posed with arms held in front of him, looking straight at the photographer/viewer. Standing in a boxing ring with ropes behind him

Photograph of Eddie Lander, lightweight boxer from the West Side of Chicago. Lander was a champion lightweight boxer, and began boxing at the age of 12. He went professional in 1938 and continued boxing until 1954.

Lander was inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1986

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