Charles Ackerly
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Born | (1898-01-03)January 3, 1898 Cuba, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Died | August 16, 1982(1982-08-16) (aged 84) Clearwater, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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, New York 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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Benjamin Bradshaw (USA)
- 1908
George Dole (USA)
- 1920
Charles Ackerly (USA)
- 1924
Robin Reed (USA)
- 1928
Allie Morrison (USA)
- 1932
Hermanni Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1936
Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1948
Gazanfer Bilge (TUR)
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Bayram Şit (TUR)
- 1956
Shozo Sasahara (JPN)
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Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
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Osamu Watanabe (JPN)
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Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)
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Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS)
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Yang Jung-mo (KOR)
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Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)
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Randall Lewis (USA)
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John Smith (USA)
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Tom Brands (USA)
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Murad Umakhanov (RUS)
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Yandro Quintana (CUB)
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Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
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- 1908: 60.3 kg
- 1920–1936: 61 kg
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- 1964–1968: 63 kg
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