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Charles Edwin "Charley" Ackerly (January 3, 1898 – August 16, 1982) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] He was a 1920 graduate of Cornell University where he competed for the Cornell Big Red wrestling team under Coach Walter O'Connell. Ackerly was also a member of the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity and Sphinx Head Society.
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| Born | January 3, 1898 Cuba, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||
| Died | August 16, 1982 (aged 84) Clearwater, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||
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He competed for the United States in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the freestyle featherweight division, winning the gold medal.[2] He was the only American wrestler to win gold during the 1920 Olympics, and was given a hero's welcome in his hometown of Cuba following his return from Antwerp.[3]
Ackerly was inducted into the Helms Foundation National Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1960 and Cornell's Hall of Fame in 1981.[4]
After his wrestling career, he worked as a lawyer in Detroit, Michigan before retiring to Clearwater, Florida.[5]
References
- "Charles Ackerly". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charles Ackerly". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
- Charles Ackerly - Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- "Charles "Ed" Ackerly, Cornell '20". Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
- "Charley Ackerley". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
External links
- Charles Ackerly's profile at databaseOlympics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charley Ackerly". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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Charles Ackerly (né le 3 janvier 1898 à New York et le 16 août 1982 à Clearwater) est un lutteur sportif américain.[it] Charles Ackerly
Charles Edwin "Charley" Ackerly (Cuba, 3 gennaio 1888 – Clearwater, 16 agosto 1982) è stato un lottatore statunitense, specializzato nella lotta libera.[ru] Экерли, Чарльз
Чарльз Эдвин «Чарли» Экерли (англ. Charles Edwin "Charley" Ackerly; 3 января 1898 (1898-01-03), г. Куба, округ Аллегейни, штат Нью-Йорк, США — 16 августа 1982, г. Клируотер, штат Флорида, США) — американский борец вольного стиля, чемпион Олимпийских игр[1].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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