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Originally posted by Mutt
He was born Stanislav Lensminski in 1918 to Polish immigrant parents, Josef and Frieda Lensminski, in New York City.
He anglicized his name to Ernie Lensman shortly before he joined the service to fight in World War II. After he got out of the service he changed his name once again to Bruno Lensman, under which he won two New York Golden Gloves championships in the middleweight division. An eye injury ended his boxing career and he drifted into a downward spiral of menial odd jobs, marriages and battles with the bottle. The last legal name change came in 1974, when he became Clifford Lensman.
The rest is history.
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Ahhh you must be part of the Muttiliksi family that moved to the US with Cliffy's parents.