Charles Ackerly
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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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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Cornell | ||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | ||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- ^ "Charles Ackerly". Olympedia. Retrieved September 11, 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 April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
- ^ Charles Ackerly - Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ "Charles "Ed" Ackerly, Cornell '20". Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- ^ "Charley Ackerley". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved July 11, 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 April 18, 2020.
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