Jack Spellman
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born: | Middletown, Connecticut, U.S. | June 14, 1899
Died: | August 1, 1966 Mangula, Rhodesia | (aged 67)
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight: | 201 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Enfield (CT) |
College: | Brown |
Position: | End |
Career history | |
Medal record | ||
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Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
Representing United States | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1924 Paris | Light heavyweight |
John Franklin Spellman (June 14, 1899 – August 1, 1966) was an American wrestler and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where he won a gold medal in the freestyle light heavyweight division. After college, Spellman became a professional wrestler and football player.[1][2] Spellman played American football as a right end for the Providence Steam Roller and Boston Braves from 1925 to 1932.[3][4]
References
- ^ "John Spellman Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Wrestling". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
- ^ "Dropping Back In NFL History: The NFL's Olympians: (page 4)". Footballnation.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ^ "Jack Spellman". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
Categories:
- 1899 births
- 1966 deaths
- Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- American male sport wrestlers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Middletown, Connecticut
- American football ends
- Brown Bears football players
- Providence Steam Roller players
- Boston Braves (NFL) players
- Players of American football from Connecticut
- American male professional wrestlers
- American emigrants
- Immigrants to Rhodesia
- American football offensive lineman, 1890s birth stubs
- American sport wrestler stubs
- American Olympic medalist stubs