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1939 Tournament of Champions / Diamond Belt /
Mid-Atlantic AAU Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Inquirer

  
     
 

OPEN

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Johnny Forte
Pen-Mar		 Larry Torpey
Eastside		  
  118 Billy Speary
Tamaqua		 Frankie Donato
Crusaders		  
  126 Eddie O'Leary
Wilkes Barre		 Bob Hart
Lambs Club		  
  135 Johnny Noce
Crusaders		 Freddie Sammons
West End, Chester		  
  147 Johnny Carter
Eastside		 Johnny Rivers
Bethlehem		  
  160 Tom Steffanelli
Pen-Mar		 Eddie Wilson
Seymour		  
  175 Bill Sartori
Tamaqua		 Willie Fedder
Harrisburg		  
  HVY Jordon Beamon
Wharton		 Ted Holland
Eastside		  
  TEAM AWARD Pen-Mar
Dir: ?		    
         
         
 

NOVICE

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Frank Ciancio
Pen-Mar		 Henry Steeg
Grebe A.C.		  
  118 Frank Newman
Passon		 Lew Dabrow
Unattached		  
  126 George Jayee
Crusaders		 Art Firth
Tamaqua		  
  135 William Irvin
Harrisburg		 Leonard Paulchus
Tamaqua		  
  147 William Beasley
Benezet		 Choo Choo Derr
Bethlehem		  
  160 Robert Wilson
Seymour		 Clem Russo
Passon		  
  175 Pete Rohanna
Darby		 Joe McClosky
Southwark		  
  HVY Rufus Harper
Harrisburg		 Leon Densky
Weglein A.C.		  
         
               
 

 

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1939 Philadelphia Golden Gloves Championships

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Daily News
 
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Frankie Carto
Unattached		 Frank Ciancio
Pen-Mar		  
  118 Johnny Aiello
Wilmington		 Mario Magnotti
Pen-Mar		  
  126 Quenzell McCall
Crispus Attucks		 Dave Freeman
John Marquess Club		  
  135 Joe Wagner
Crusaders		 Lennox Dingle
Crusaders		  
  147 Paul Unterberger
Unattached		 Al Tribuani
Wilmington		  
  160 Eddie Wilson
Seymour		 Clem Rosso
Passon		  
  175 George Miller
Eastside		 Willard Andrews
Eastside		  
  HVY Joe Downey Mattick
Scranton		 Jordon Beamon
Wharton		  
  TEAM AWARD Eastside
Dir: ?		    
         
                   
 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  
                   
 

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