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His story has come to public attention all these years later after amateur historian Billy Watson was looking in archived copies of the Fraserburgh Herald - which covered the Strichen area - in Fraserburgh Library.

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I flew back to New York with the fake Mouton and invited several friends, wine professionals and passionate amateurs to a special 1982 Mouton dinner.

Why shouldn’t their town square prioritize strolling couples and amateur oil painters and kids tossing softballs over parking meters and hatchbacks?

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At the age of 10, Frank started boxing seriously and he went on to have 200 amateur fights, representing Scotland across Europe and fighting against greats such as Ken Buchanan.

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Ten years later, he was selected in the third round of the amateur draft by the Oakland A’s.

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