This trophy was awarded to Quincy Trouppe when he won the National A.A.U. Heavyweight Boxing Tournament in 1936. While not a baseball trophy it does speak to the versatility and overall athletic ability of Negro League baseball players.  Besides being an accomplished baseball player who played in the Negro Leagues and professional baseball from 1930 to 1952, Trouppe was also an outstanding boxer. His skills were such that he could have had an outstanding career as a professional boxer if he had chosen.

Quincy Trouppe - National A.A.U. Boxing Champion

Trouppe started his formalized boxing career in 1935 during the off season while back home in St. Louis. In 1935 St. Louis had organized its first Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament. Trouppe was urged by his friends at the St. Louis YMCA to enter the tournament. Trouppe decided to enter and won the local heavyweight title. From  St. Louis he went to Chicago for the Midwest Regional Tournament. At the Regional Tournament, Trouppe won three bouts and lost the final. The next year (1936) Trouppe went undefeated and won the National A.A.U. Amateur boxing title in the heavyweight division in Providence, Rhode Island with his victory over Jimmy Robinson of Philadelphia. His biggest victory in 1936 came over Art Boschert who was the Illinois State Golden Gloves Champion.

  Qunicy Trouppe vs. Yancy Smith

During Trouppe’s career as a professional ball player, he played for the following teams:

St. Louis Stars                     1930-1931                (Negro National League)

Kansas City Monarchs            1932                       (Negro Southern League)

Detroit Wolves                     1932                        (East-West League)

Homestead Grays                  1932                       (East-West League)

Cole’s American Giants           1933 and 1935          (Negro National League)

Jamestown Red Sox               1933-1934

Bismarck  Cubs                     1934-1936

Kansas City Monarchs            1934-1936                (Independent)   

Indianapolis ABC’s                 1938-1939                (Negro American League)

St. Louis Stars                     1939                        (Negro American League)

Monterrey Carta Blanca          1939 and 1940-1941  (Mexican League)

Mexico City Reds                  1942-1944                (Mexican League)

Cleveland Buckeyes               1944-1947               (Negro American League)

Chicago American Giants        1948                        (Negro American League)

New York Cubans                  1949                       (Negro National League)

Drummondville Cubs               1949                       (Canadian Provincial League)

Jalisco (Guadalajara)             1950-1951                (Mexican League)

Cleveland Indians                  1952                       (Major League Baseball – American League)

Indianapolis  Indians              1952                       (Minor League)                      

This trophy was acquired by the Center for Negro League Baseball Research directly from Quincy Trouppe’s son.