Fore River lineup includes RH James McGonnigal, CH Jack McGonnigal, LH W. McGonnigal. James McGonnigal also boxed professionally after winning the New England amateur junior welterweight title. McGonnigal, “a member of a prominent local family of steel shipbuilders, was a member of the staff of the national office of the Industrial Union of Marine Shipbuilders of America, AFL-CIO. He had served as a president and executive secretary of Local 5 of Quincy shipbuilding union.” (James McGonnigal obit in Boston Globe, June 20, 1969) [Read more…] about Dec. 11, 1927 – Boston Celtics 1:3 Fore River Shamrocks, Sullivan Sq., Charlestown, Mass.