Charles Ackerly

Charles Ackerly
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.
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1920 Antwerp Freestyle featherweight

Charles Edwin "Charley" Ackerly (January 3, 1898 – August 16, 1982) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. 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 category, winning the gold medal.[1] Ackerly is in two "Halls of Fame", inducted into the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame in 1960 and Cornell's Hall of Fame in 1981.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Charles Ackerly". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Charles "Ed" Ackerly, Cornell '20". Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  • Charles Ackerly's profile at databaseOlympics
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Charley Ackerly". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.


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