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1949 Tournament of Champions / Diamond Belt /
Mid-Atlantic AAU Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Inquirer

  
     
 

OPEN

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Marvin Green
39th PAL		 Henry Dobrowolski
24th PAL		  
  118 James Ray
Santore		 Julius Rucker
39th PAL		  
  126 Jesse Gethers
Unattached		 Charley Madison
West Philadelphia		  
  135 Alfonso Capers
23rd PAL		 Alex Wade
39th PAL		  
  147 Georgie Benton
Eastside		 Danny Evans
Chris Perry Lodge		  
  160 Al Raymond
8th PAL		 Bruce Rohrbach
Harrisburg		  
  175 John Thigpen
39th PAL		 Melvin Odrick
39th PAL		  
  HVY Ted Calaman
36th PAL		 William Sawyer
Unattached		  
 

TEAM AWARD

 39th PAL
Dir: ?		    
         
         
 

NOVICE

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Morris Griffin
48th Ward		 Don Ryder
Town Hall		  
  118 Jimmy Soo
48th Ward		 Jimmy Cheri
36th Ward		  
  126 Ralph Peterson
South Jersey		 Charles DeLullo
48th Ward		  
  135 Alfred Coleman
Brown Bombers		 Jimmy Hackney
Chris Perry Lodge		  
  147 Lucien Blackwell
Chris Perry Lodge		 Nate Bagly
Chris Perry Lodge		  
  160 Alfred Howard
16th PAL		 John King
Pen-Mar		  
  175 Bob Warren
Earo's Chester		 Tom Steward
Lloyd A.C. Chester		  
  HVY Walt Parker
8th PAL		 Burley Brown
39th PAL		  
         
             
 

Green

Gethers

Benton

 

 

 

 

 

  
                   
 

 
 

1949 Philadelphia Golden Gloves Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Daily News

  
     
 

    OPEN DIVISION - GOLDEN GLOVES

    
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Herman Hinton
39th PAL		 Marvin Green
39th PAL		  
  118 Julius Rucker
39th PAL		 Jimmy Armstrong
39th PAL		  
  126 George Justice
16th PAL		 Edward Griffin
Town Hall		  
  135 Jesse Gethers
Town Hall		 Al Hauser
8th PAL		  
  147 Gil Turner
23rd PAL		 Charley Douglas
39th PAL		  
  160 Walt Benton
32nd PAL		 Bruce Rohrbach
Harrisburg		  
  175 Marvin Edelman
9th PAL		 Edward Barnes
Chris Perry Lodge		  
  HVY Norman Robinson
Town Hall		 Vince Vidas
Elias		  
 

TEAM AWARD

 ?
Dir: ?		    
         
         
 

    NOVICE DIVISION - SILVER GLOVES

    
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 James Beasley
23rd PAL		 Gus Murphy
23rd PAL		  
  118 Henry Beltrante
34th PAL		 Leon Farmer
36th PAL		  
  126 James Ahern
Camden PAL		 Jimmy Arrington
Lloyd A.C. Chester		  
  135 William Griffin
Benezet		 Al Avant
16th PAL		  
  147 Nate Bagby
Chris Perry Lodge		 Roy Cobb
Chris Perry Lodge		  
  160 Thomas Nelson
Eastside		 Ernest Sanders
12th PAL		  
  175 Joe McFadden
34th Ward		 Vince Corbi
Unattached		  
  HVY Anderson Battle
Eastside		 Calvin Wilson
Chris Perry Lodge		  
         
             
 

 

 

Green

Gethers

Turner

 

 

 

  
                   
 

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