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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 ?
 
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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 ?
 
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  175 ?
 
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  HVY ?
 
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TEAM AWARD

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NOVICE

     
 

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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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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