Max Hoff

On the record

• 7 December 1927 — Washington Daily News (United Press): Gene Tunney's manager was served papers "in the action of Max (Boo Boo) Hoff, of Philadelphia," who sought a percentage of the champion's earnings.
• 6 September 1928 — Washington Daily News, September 7 (United Press): a supplier "is reported to have testified" before the Philadelphia grand jury that he supplied Hoff with "three machine guns and six bullet-proof vests." The September 10 report gives seven vests.
• 10 September 1928 — Washington Daily News: Hoff, "who until the current inquiry was known to the public only as a fight promoter, has been called before the grand jury nine times."
• 13 September 1928 — Washington Daily News (United Press): District Attorney Monaghan told the grand jury of Christmas presents to policemen totalling $250,000 in 1926 attributed to Hoff, "fight promoter and alleged head of a $10,000,000 bootleg ring."
• 15 September 1928 — Bismarck Tribune feature relaying the district attorney's claims that Capone had visited Hoff and that Hoff and partners organized the Franklin Mortgage and Investment Company.
• 12 November 1930 — Washington Daily News: a second suit against Tunney, "brought by Max (Boo Boo) Hoff, Philadelphia promoter," for a share of his pre-championship earnings.
• 1950–1951 — Kefauver Committee hearings, Part 11: the witness Frank Wiener said he thought Hoff, "the manager of Ace Clark," was behind a threat to a boxer. A witness's opinion.

Every statement about bootlegging on this page is the Philadelphia district attorney’s claim or a witness’s testimony as newspapers reported it in 1928. The records filed here state no charge or conviction against Hoff, and no federal record has been found that does. No opened record gives his birth or death date, and no public-domain photograph has been found. No family or role is given.

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