Photograph of Ben Levine presenting the Outstanding Award trophy to Reyes Cruzweb
date: label: date made
content: 1960-02-29
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Levine, Ben
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black and white photograph of Ben Levine presenting the Outstanding Award trophy to Reyes Cruz as the outstanding boxer in the El Diario De Nueva York Tournament. The presentation was held at the Rheingold Brewery on February 29, 1960. Pictured, left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Cruz (parents); Ben Levine; Reyes Cruz; and Frank Diamant. Levine was a participant in the development of amateur sports competition from 1902 as a boy of 13 when he went to work for James Sullivan, President of the Amateur Athletic Union until his retirement from the A.A.U. in 1968. Levine's primary contribution was to Amateur boxing, which he first promoted prior to 1920. He staged the first Golden Gloves and was the Assistant Manager of te U.S. Boxing teams at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games and an international jurist in boxing at the Olympics in 1932.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Boxing
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bertram Levine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0049.35
label: accession number
content: 1991.0049
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0049.35
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph, boxing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm