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1953 Tournament of Champions / Diamond Belt /
Mid-Atlantic AAU Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Inquirer

  
     
 

OPEN

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Bobby Singleton
23rd PAL		 Charlie Branch
23rd PAL		  
  119 Jackie Lennon
15th PAL		 Mose Jones
6-9 PAL		  
  125 Fred Fuller
39th PAL		 Carl Hubbard
17th PAL		  
  132 Mickey Rosati
Unattached		 Warren Smith
39th PAL		  
  139 Eddie Corma
33rd PAL		 Carmen Bartolomeo
33rd PAL		  
  147 Fred Terry
14th PAL		 James Turner
Chris Perry Lodge		  
  156 Jesse Smith
17th PAL		 Forfeit
(Jimmy Beecham - 16th PAL)		  
  165 John Butler
Chris Perry Lodge		 Forfeit
(Clay Luster - 17th PAL)		  
  178 John Knight
41st PAL		 Ed Washington
17th PAL		  
  HVY Jimmy McCarter
Lloyd A.C. Chester		 Alan Thompson
39th PAL		  
 

TEAM AWARD

 23rd PAL
Dir: ?		    
         
         
 

NOVICE

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 Mel Middleton
33rd PAL		 William Jones
23rd PAL		  
  119 Sidney 'Sweet Pea' Adams
6-9 PAL		 Douglas Bivins
Yorkside		  
  125 Garnet 'Sugar' Hart
23rd PAL		 Herb Cornicher
39th PAL		  
  132 Joseph Faro
41st PAL		 Oliver Maxwell
23rd PAL		  
  139 Cleveland Cherry
23rd PAL		 Wilbur Ross
42nd PAL		  
  147 James DeShields
39th PAL		 Charles Abrams
Annunciation		  
  156 Jimmy Hopkins
Annunciation		 Bernard Phillips
23rd PAL		  
  165 John Ellison
Eastside		 John Herman
Gloucester PAL		  
  178 Ernie Giddings
23rd PAL		 Tony Grandinetti
Mickey's Gym		  
  HVY James Pickney
23rd PAL		 Carl Weaver
39th PAL		  
         
       
 

Singleton

Branch

Adams

Hart

Bartolomeo

 

 

McCarter

  
                   
 

 
 

1953 Philadelphia Golden Gloves Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Daily News

  
     
 

    OPEN DIVISION - GOLDEN GLOVES

    
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 ?
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  118 ?
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  126 ?
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  135 ?
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  147 ?
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  160 ?
 		 ?
 		  
  175 ?
 		 ?
 		  
  HVY ?
 		 ?
 		  
 

TEAM AWARD

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    NOVICE DIVISION - SILVER GLOVES

    
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 ?
 		 ?
 		  
  118 ?
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  126 ?
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  135 ?
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  147 ?
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  160 ?
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  175 ?
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  HVY ?
 		 ?
 		  
         
                   
 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  
                   
 

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