John Matthews (wrestler)
Appearance
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Full name | John Kelly Matthews | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | Flint, Michigan, U.S. | December 27, 1951||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
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John Kelly Matthews (born December 27, 1951) is an American wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] He began wrestling at age 12, with the hope of one day being an Olympic wrestler.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Matthews". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ [1]
External links
- John Matthews at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- John Matthews at Olympedia
- John Kelly Matthews at Olympics.com
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- American male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for the United States
- Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Flint, Michigan
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Wrestlers at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American sport wrestler stubs