Gussie Lewis

Name: Gussie Lewis
Birth Name: Gus Bestermen
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pro Boxer: Record

• Younger brother of Hall of Fame Welterweight Champ Harry Lewis.
• Lewis was of Hebrew heritage.
• Most of his boxing career was spent between Philadelphia and Baltimore with occasional forays into towns like Lancaster, Trenton, or Pittsburgh.
• Lewis was an outstanding fighter in his own right--he is ranked by Chuck Hasson of www.phillyboxinghistory.com as one of the twenty best bantamweights in Philly boxing history.

According to the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 database on Ancestry.com, one Gus Besterman was born on January 28, 1898 in the U.S. and died December 21, 1951 in the Jewish Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked in the real estate business and was self-employed.