List of US national Golden Gloves lightweight champions
This is a list of United States national Golden Gloves champions in the lightweight division, along with the state or region they represented. The weight limit for lightweights was first contested at , but was lowered to in 1967. 1928 - Joe Kestian - Chicago, Illinois 1929 - Roosevelt Haines - Chicago, Illinois 1930 - Chancy Crain - Chicago, Illinois 1931 - Scotty Sylvano - Chicago, Illinois 1932 - Henry Rothier - Davenport, Iowa 1933 - Edward Ward - Chicago, Illinois 1934 - Frank Bojack - Cleveland, Ohio 1935 - Mike Gamiere - Cleveland, Ohio 1936 - Pete Lello - Michigan City, Indiana 1937 - Edward Kozole - Detroit, Michigan 1938 - John Benna - Terre Haute, Indiana 1939 - John Pleasant - Chicago, Illinois 1940 - Tony Ancona - Detroit, Michigan 1941 - Johnny Green - Buffalo, New York 1942 - Morris Garana - Fort Worth, Texas 1943 - Chuck Hunter - Cleveland, Ohio 1944 - Buddy Holderfield - Memphis, Tennessee 1945 - Bernard Paige - Chicago, Illinois 1946 - Herschel Acton - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1947 - John Labrol - Gary 1948 - Herschel Acton - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1949 - Gale Outhouse - Sioux City, Iowa 1950