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'''Harry Smith''' of the US Air Force won the New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in 1954 and won the Intercity Golden Gloves' championship, by outpointing [[Joe Boy Charles|Joe Charles]] at featherweight. In 1955 Harry won the Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions by decision vs. Bill White, he was selected to box for the Intercity championship at featherweight with [[Walter Taylor (of Brooklyn, NY)|Walter Taylor]] being awarded the verdict. Smith became the third fighter in the Intercity Golden Gloves tournament's history to represent both New York and Chicago teams, heavyweight [[Cornelius Young]] represented Chicago in 1940 and New York in 1943 and lightweight [[Max Grothe]] boxed for New York in 1943 and 1944 and for Chicago in 1946. 

He won the 1956 Olympic Trials and was supposed to represent the U.S. in Melbourne at featherweight, but barely failed the weigh-in and was ruled out of the Olympics.



*1952 made the finals of the New York Daily News Golden Gloves' open championship, being on the short end of a decision to [[Carmelo Costa]].
*1953 representing New York he won an Intercity Golden Gloves title at lightweight vs. [[Timmie Jefferson]].
*1954 Smith won the New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions at featherweight by decision vs. [[Stan Fitzgerald]] and and representing New York he won the the Intercity Golden Gloves' championship at featherweight by decision vs. [[Joe Boy Charles|Joe Charles]].
*1955 won the Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions by decision vs. [[Bill White (of Saint Louis, MO)|Bill White]].
*1955 participated in the Pan-American Games in Mexico City, lost in the opening round to the eventual medalist, [[Claudio Barrientos]] of Chile.
*1956 In the [[United States Amateur Featherweight Champions|National AAU]] Championships, Harry defeated [[Jimmy Pettaway|Jim Pettaway]] in the semi-finals, and then went on to win the tournament by stopping [[Marvin McFarland]] of Philadelphia at 2:25 of the third round.
*It has been said that Smith and [[Pete Spanakos]] are the only fighters to win both the Chicago and New York Golden Gloves Tournaments of Champions.


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{{succession box |
  before= [[Joe Reynolds]] |
  title= [[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves]] <br /> Lightweight Title |
  years= 1953 |
  after= [[Vince Shomo|Vince Shomo 1958]]
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{{succession box |
  before= [[Edson Brown]] |
  title= [[New York Golden Gloves|New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] <br /> Featherweight Champion|
  years= 1954 |
  after= [[Walter Taylor (of Brooklyn, NY)|Walter Taylor]]
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{{succession box |
  before=  [[Johnny Butler (of Grand Rapids, MI)|Johnny Butler]]|
  title= [[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves]] <br /> Featherweight Champion |
  years= 1954 |
  after= [[Walter Taylor (of Brooklyn, NY)|Walter Taylor]]
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{{succession box |
  before= [[Joe Boy Charles|Joe Charles]] |
  title= [[Chicago Golden Gloves|Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] <br /> Featherweight Champion|
  years= 1955 |
  after= [[Leroy Jeffery]]
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{{succession box | title=[[United States Amateur Featherweight Champions|National AAU Featherweight Champion]] | before= [[Joe Boy Charles|Joe Charles]] | after= [[Rubin Pizzarro]]| years=1956}}
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