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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- 1904 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)
- 1952 Bayram Şit (TUR)
- 1956 Shozo Sasahara (JPN)
- 1960 Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
- 1964 Osamu Watanabe (JPN)
- 1968 Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)
- 1972 Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS)
- 1976 Yang Jung-mo (KOR)
- 1980 Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)
- 1984 Randall Lewis (USA)
- 1988 John Smith (USA)
- 1992 John Smith (USA)
- 1996 Tom Brands (USA)
- 2000 Murad Umakhanov (RUS)
- 2004 Yandro Quintana (CUB)
- 2008 Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
- 2012 Toghrul Asgarov (AZE)
- 1904: 61.33 kg
- 1908: 60.3 kg
- 1920–1936: 61 kg
- 1948–1960: 62 kg
- 1964–1968: 63 kg
- 1972–1996: 62 kg
- 2000: 63 kg
- 2004–2012: 60 kg
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