Quincy Trouppe National AAU - National Heavyweight Champion 1936

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. 

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. 

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.