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It is believed that it was said because of the very happy Australian boxer, Larry Foley, although this isn't the only belief.
This is correct - this is the story :
Happy as Larry.
This saying originated with the win of Larry Foley.
He was a prize fighter, the last of the 'straightback fighters.
NSW champion, before prize fighting was legal.
He won the biggest prize of the time 100,000 dollars.
With this money, he set up the first Boxing Academy in Sydney.
Everyone at the time referred to this as 'Happy as Larry'.
His belt can be found in the Sports Center at Homebush in Sydney.
The belt is about a foot wide, covered in medallions.
There were many newspaper articles about him and a book called Captain of the Push.
He became a boxing referee.
He never drank in his life because his father, used to drink heavily.
His father earned his money telling stories to gold miners at Hill End.
The miners taught him to fight.
His mother's name was Dora.
He was a very big fellow just like his grandson: named Laurence.
He died about 1937.
His last words were "at least it is Orange Man's Day"
He was of course Irish.
The Sydney Morning Herald published a full page about him about 2000 and he had a mop of black hair.
He was sometimes called the King of the Push, because when he was a young fellow in the Rocks in Sydney they used to be a 'Robin Hood' and rob the sailors and give the money to the poor families in Sydney.
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