Sport & Note

Louis Laurie

Male

"Lou"
(Louis Daniel Lauria)
Bantamweight, USA, Cleveland, Ohio
Born: November 19, 1917, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
(was born to an Italian father and a Slovak mother)
Died: December 26, 2002, Beachwood, Ohio, USA

Italian-American

1936 Berlin, Germany, Olympic Games flyweight bronze medal

Won the Val Barker Trophy for demonstration of excellence in Olympic boxing:
for being the most scientific boxer in all classes that year

In 1984 he was inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame
In 1988 he was inducted into the Ohio State Former Boxers and Associates

Amateur fights courtesy of Bob Yalen

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1934
- July 30	Johnny Avon	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 3
- Aug. 6	Johnny Avon	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 3
+ Aug. 27	Johnny Avon	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 5
- Oct. 12	Joey Vanuch	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 3
+ Nov. 16	Paul Almy	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Nov. 30	Joey Vanuch	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 6	Paul Almy	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 17	Paul Almy	Cleveland, Ohio	WKO 3
1935
+ Jan. 11	Tubby Gardner	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 21-Feb. 1, Plain Dealer Golden Gloves 2nd place, 112 lbs
+ Jan. 21	Arcelius Lee	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Jan. 31	Leo Abraham	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
- Feb. 1	Jesse Levels	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 3
- Feb. 7	Jesse Levels	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 3
+ Feb. 18	Joey Vanuch	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 10	Ken Walker	Cleveland, Ohio	WTKO 3
+ Apr. 23	Evan Evans	East Liverpool, Ohio	WTKO 5
- May 13	Sammy Taormina	Warren, Ohio	LPTS 5
+ June 12	Art Pickett	Cleveland, Ohio	WTKO 4
- July 23	Johnny O'Hara	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 3
- July 25	Pat Scarano	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 3
- Sept. 6	Joey Taormina	Sharon, Pennsylvania	LPTS 8
+ Sept. 13	Lou 'Babe' Daniels	Cleveland, Ohio	WKO 3
+ Sept. 20	Gussie Smallwood	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 5
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 17-Nov. 8, Cleveland Club Tournament 2nd place, 112 lbs
+ Oct. 17	Lou 'Babe' Daniels	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 5
- Nov. 8	Jackie Wilson	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 3
+ Nov. 16	Babe Randall	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
- Nov. 26	Pat Scarano	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 5
- Dec. 6	Sammy Taormina	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 5
+ Dec. 13	Tony Lanese	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
1936
Columbus, Ohio, Plain Dealer Golden Gloves 2nd place, 112 lbs
- Jan. 31	Jackie Wilson	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 3
+ Feb. 29	Sam Adragna	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 3	Charley Stewart	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 18	Sammy Taormina	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 5
Columbus, Ohio, National AAU 3rd place, 112 lbs
+ Apr. 15	William Selvage	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 16	Conrad Picou	Cleveland, Ohio	WKO 2
+ Apr. 16	Jose Mercado	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 3
- Apr. 17	Jimmy Urso	Cleveland, Ohio	LPTS 3
Chicago, Illinois, Olympic Trials winner, 112 lbs
+ May 7	Beebe Rich	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
+ May 8	Paul Colombo	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
+ May 20	Jimmy Urso	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
Berlin, Germany, Olympic Games bronze medal, 112 lbs
+ Aug. 10	Rudolf Bezdek	Berlin, Germany	WPTS 3
+ Aug. 12	Asbjoern Berg-Hansen	Berlin, Germany	WPTS 3
+ Aug. 13	Edmund Sobkowiak	Berlin, Germany	WPTS 3
- Aug. 14	Gavino Matta	Berlin, Germany	LPTS 3
+ Aug. 15	Alfredo Carlomagno	Berlin, Germany	WWO
- Aug. 18	Bruno Wilkie	Hannover, Germany	LPTS 3
- Sept. 23	Jimmy Urso	Detroit, Michigan	LPTS 3
+ Oct. 9	Bobby Teany	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 5
+ Oct. 13	Joe McKenna	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 5
+ Nov. 13	Paul Almy	Cleveland, Ohio	WPTS 5
- Nov. 23	Sal Bartolo	Boston, Massachusetts	LPTS 3
+ Dec. 11	Tony Lanese	Cleveland, Ohio	WTKO 3
1937
+ Feb. 12	Babe Randall	Cleveland, Ohio	WTKO 5

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1937
- Apr. 23	Joey Wells	Cleveland, Ohio	L 6
+ May 25	Joey Wells	Cleveland, Ohio	W 6
+ June 25	Eddie Di Luzio	Euclid, Ohio	W 10
+ Nov. 17	Jesse Levels	Cleveland, Ohio	W 6
1938
+ Apr. 11	Pat O'Brien	Chicago, Illinois	W 4
+ Apr. 25	Johnny Fairchild	Chicago, Illinois	W 4
+ May 2	Eddie Shapiro	Chicago, Illinois	W 4
+ May 16	Eddie Shapiro	Chicago, Illinois	W 5
+ May 31	Andy Canal	Chicago, Illinois	W 4
- June 13	Sammy Sferas	Chicago, Illinois	L 4
+ July 11	Andy Canal	Chicago, Illinois	W 4
+ July 18	Eddie Lander	Chicago, Illinois	W 4
- Aug. 1	Eddie Lander	Chicago, Illinois	L 5
- Aug. 22	Frankie Kainrath	Chicago, Illinois	L 4
= Sept. 13	Herbie Gilmore	Columbus, Ohio	Draw 6
+ Oct. 14	Joey Brown	Syracuse, New York	W 6
+ Oct. 28	Jimmy Gilligan	Syracuse, New York	W 6
+ Dec. 14	Steve Zack	Cleveland, Ohio	KO 3
1939
- Jan. 16	Pablo Dano	Cleveland, Ohio	L 10
- Feb. 6	Jimmy Gilligan	Buffalo, New York	L 6
- Mar. 1	Pablo Dano	Cleveland, Ohio	L 8
1940
+ Apr. 6	Davey Crawford	Brooklyn, New York	W 4
- June 4	Dominick Fiantini	Long Island City, New York	L 6
= June 20	Pedro Hernandez	Brooklyn, New York	Draw 6
+ July 1	Johnny Rudd	Bronx, New York	W 6
- July 9	Lou Barbetta	Long Island City, New York	L 6
+ July 16	Earl Mintz	West Haven, Connecticut	TKO 3
- Sept. 6	Texas Lee Harper	Brooklyn, New York	L 8
- Sept. 16	Harold Lacey	New Haven, Connecticut	L 8

Summary

Total bouts: 29, Won: 16 (2 inside the limit), Lost: 11 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0