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1945 Tournament of Champions / Diamond Belt /
Mid-Atlantic AAU Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Inquirer

  
     
 

OPEN

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Cleveland Simmons
Eastside		 Francis Dugan
Dunbar		  
  118 Nunzio Carto
Pen-Mar		 Jimmy Sulla
Southside		  
  126 Angelo Anello
Pen-Mar		 John Carroll
Lambs Club		  
  135 Jetson Arnold
Eastside		 Charles Ciminara
48th Ward		  
  147 Harry Davis
Sun Ship Chester		 Harry Robinson
Southside		  
  160 Tom Fambrough
Bendix		 John Pitchelberger
USN		  
  175 Lewis Walker
Eastside		 Joseph Almeida
Redmen		  
  HVY Joe Jackson
USN		 David Hicks
Eastside		  
 

TEAM AWARD

 Eastside
Dir: Walt Tannahill		    
         
         
 

NOVICE

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Billy Gillard
Crispus Attucks		 Leo Gillis
Lighthouse		  
  118 Jack Clemento
Pen-Mar		 Herb King
O'Malley's		  
  126 Jack McDermott
Bendix		 George Johnson
Southside		  
  135 Jackie Carr
Sinclair		 Ed West
Eastside		  
  147 Gino DiFelice
48th Ward		 Jesse Johnson
Crispus Attucks		  
  160 Jimmy Tate
O'Malley's		 Bill Hagen
St. Anne's		  
  175 Dan Bucceroni
Pen-Mar		 Robert Lee Cobbs
Local #2 Shipbuilders		  
  HVY Vernon Green
Eastside		 Walter Porter
Bill's S.C.		  
         
           
 

Carto

Arnold

Sulla

Carr

 

 

 

 

  
                   
 

 
 

1945 Philadelphia Golden Gloves Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Daily News

  
     
 

    OPEN DIVISION - GOLDEN GLOVES

    
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Joe Cuccinotti
Pen-Mar		 Francis Dugan
Dunbar		  
  118 Jimmy Sulla
Southside		 Billy Gillard
Crispus Attucks		  
  126 Nunzio Carto
Pen-Mar		 Herbert King
O'Malley's		  
  135 Jackie Carr
Sinclair		 Leon Braxton
Eastside		  
  147 Harry Robinson
Southside		 Heywood Wilson
Southside		  
  160 Shirley Pemberton
Bill's S.C.		 Johnny Mayo
Dave-Lou		  
  175 Isaiah Red Peterson
Southside		 Robert Lee Cobb
Local #2 Shipbuilders		  
  HVY Hezikiah Burton
Wilmington		 Eddie Franklin
Local #2 Shipbuilders		  
 

TEAM AWARD

 Southside
Dir: Tony Morgano		    
         
         
 

    NOVICE DIVISION - SILVER GLOVES

    
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Alfred Ford
Local #1 Camden		 Earl Kelly
Eastside		  
  118 Frank Deccellano
43rd Ward		 Howard Jones
Crispus Attucks		  
  126 Calvin Smith
Eastside		 Francis Hall
Lambs Club		  
  135 Melvin Parker
Eastside		 John Brown
Chris Perry Lodge		  
  147 Charley Dotson
Eastside		 John McGill
Chris Perry Lodge		  
  160 Chuck Goldsby
Dave-Lou		 Joe Giannattassio
48th Ward		  
  175 Kenny Harris
Eastside		 Nick Kosay
39th PAL		  
  HVY Mike Muto
48th Ward		 Isadore Timmons
39th PAL		  
         
   
 

Cuccinotti

Sulla

Carto

Pemberton

Peterson

Smith

Harris

Muto

  
                   
 

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