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1947 Tournament of Champions / Diamond Belt /
Mid-Atlantic AAU Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Inquirer

  
     
 

OPEN

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Mahlon Dickerson
Southside		 Francis Dugan
Dunbar		  
  118 Leroy Johnson
East Side		 William Banks
Carver		  
  126 Edward Freeman
Carver		 Dom Biancaniello
Pen-Mar		  
  135 James Robinson
Southside		 James Anderson
Annunciation		  
  147 Hayward Wilson
Southside		 William Brown
16th PAL		  
  160 Hubert Logan
Eastside		 Harvey Turner
Carver		  
  175 Ted Szestak
24th PAL		 Vernon Williams
South Jersey		  
  HVY Earl Hines
Chris Perry		 Earl Matthews
40th PAL		  
 

TEAM AWARD

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NOVICE

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Frank Sodano
34th PAL		 Alfred Ford
Southside		  
  118 Percy Bassett
Eastside		 Walter Hudson
36th Ward		  
  126 Richard Schreiber
Lambs		 Leon Upshur
Town Hall		  
  135 James Winder
South Jersey		 Joseph Bonadies
48th Ward		  
  147 James Giddeous
Crispus Attucks		 Eugene Slaughter
39th PAL		  
  160 Edward Pettigrew
39th PAL		 Nick Williams
Batesville		  
  175 Emmet Frank
Southside		 George Nelson
South Jersey		  
  HVY John Chambers
36th Ward		 Isadore Timmons
39th PAL		  
         
                   
     

 

  

 

 

 

 

  
                   
 

 
 

1947 Philadelphia Golden Gloves Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Daily News

  
     
 

    OPEN DIVISION - GOLDEN GLOVES

    
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Frankie Sodano
34th PAL		 Doc DeAngelo
Norristown		  
  118 Tony Bojaci
36th PAL		 Walt Warner
Dunbar		  
  126 Georgie Benton
Eastside		 Robert Green
Eastside		  
  135 James Winder
Southside		 James Anderson
Annunciation		  
  147 (Slim) Jim Robinson
Southside		 Joe Bonadies
48th Ward		  
  160 Jimmy Morton
39th PAL		 Alton Bell
39th PAL		  
  175 Shirley Pemberton
Town Hall		 Frank Czubas
48th Ward		  
  HVY Earl Matthews
Unattached		 William Chubby Norris
Brown Bombers		  
 

TEAM AWARD

 Town Hall
Dir: ?		    
         
         
 

    NOVICE DIVISION - SILVER GLOVES

    
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Bernie Bibbs
Town Hall		 Donald Ryder
Town Hall		  
  118 Paul Shea
48th Ward		 Ronald Davis
Eastside		  
  126 Charles Overton
Carver		 Richie DeCerio
Norristown		  
  135 Lawrence Burris
Town Hall		 Nate Enoch
Annunciation		  
  147 Alexander Griffin
Town Hall		 Harold Moore
39th PAL		  
  160 Robert Oglesby
Crispus Attucks		 Al Raymond
Unattached		  
  175 Ron Reddick
Carver		 Herbert Robinson
South Jersey		  
  HVY Walter Armstrong
36th PAL		 James Galen
36th PAL		  
         
           
 

Sodano

 

Benton

Robinson

 

Pemberton

 

 

  
                   
 

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