Madison Square Garden Swimming Pool Medal

Gold-colored shield-shaped medal with a relief of a woman seated by the ocean and holding a wreath. "Madison Square Garden Swimming Pool Met. Assn. AAU 1923" is in relief on the front of the medal. This belonged to the donor's father, Ben Levine. 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 the U.S. Boxing teams at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games and an international jurist in boxing at the Olympics in 1932.

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