Amos Aitson 1982 - Football/ Boxing - Kiowa DATE OF BIRTH: October 18, 1927 BIRTH PLACE: Carnegie, Oklahoma TRIBE: Kiowa EDUCATION: Riverside Indian School, Anadarko, Oklahoma SPORTS DATA: Football and Boxing     Lacrosse ACHIEVEMENTS: Football letterman, Riverside Indian School 1944 Boxing letterman, Riverside Indian School 1945 As member of Riverside Indian School Boxing Team was runner up for Oklahoma Golden Gloves Bantamweight Title 1944, 1945 Winner of 57th Annual National AAU Boxing Championships, 118 pound class, held at Boston Garden, North Station, Boston, Massachusetts, April 3, 1945 QUOTE: 1946 Britannica Book of the Year (p. 137) "Boxers from New Orleans, Louisiana; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Philadelphia; Chicago; Buffalo; Alexandria, Virginia and Cleveland were returned champions. A feature of the tournament was the success of two Indian participants Amos Aitson and Virgil Franklin, members of the Oklahoma City team, who won the bantamweight and featherweight championships, respectively."