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 | Cuba, New York, U.S. | January 3, 1898||||||||||||||
Died | August 16, 1982 Clearwater, Florida, U.S. | (aged 84)||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||
College team | Cornell | ||||||||||||||
Team | USA | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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, 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- 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.