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1959 Tournament of Champions / Diamond Belt /
Mid-Atlantic AAU Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Inquirer

  
     
 

OPEN

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 ?
 		 ?
 		  
  119 Richard Beasley
39th PAL		 Charles Adams
33rd PAL		  
  125 Charles Evans
15th PAL		 Eugene Garner
23rd PAL		  
  132 Woody Marcus
39th PAL		 Purdie King
23rd PAL		  
  139 Walter Wallace
38th PAL		 Clarence Williams
23rd PAL		  
  147 Clarence Collins
39th PAL		 Frank Nelson
16th PAL		  
  156 Frank 'Rabbit' Church
Chester Boys Club		 Joshua Samuels
16th PAL		  
  165 Arthur Cofer
23rd PAL		 Dennis Heffernan
24th PAL		  
  178 Reginald Brown
Passyunk		 Charles Hanna
16th PAL		  
  HVY Willie Mims
9th PAL		 Herman Green
Fulton		  
 

TEAM AWARD

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Dir: ?		    
         
         
 

NOVICE

      
 

WEIGHT CLASS

 WINNER RUNNER-UP  
  112 ?
 		 ?
 		  
  119 ?
 		 ?
 		  
  125 ?
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  132 ?
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  139 ?
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  147 ?
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  156 ?
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  165 ?
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  178 ?
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  HVY ?
 		 ?
 		  
         
                 
 

Heffernan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
                   
 

 
 

1959 Philadelphia Golden Gloves Championships

  
 

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Daily News

  
     
 

    OPEN DIVISION - GOLDEN GLOVES

    
 

WEIGHT CLASS

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

TEAM AWARD

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    NOVICE DIVISION - SILVER GLOVES

    
 

WEIGHT CLASS

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

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  
                   
 

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