Jack Francis "Blackjack" van Bebber ( born Jack Francis "Blackjack" van Bebber ; July 27, 1907 , Perry , Oklahoma , USA - April 13, 1986 , Perry , Oklahoma , USA ) - American freestyle wrestler , Olympic champion, three-time US champion according toAAA and three-time U.S. champion NCAA . [one]
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| Full name | Jack Francis Van Bebber |
| Nicknames | Blackjack |
| A country |  USA |
| Date of Birth | July 27, 1907 |
| Place of Birth | Perry , Oklahoma , USA |
| Date of death | April 13, 1986 (78 years old) |
| A place of death | Perry , Oklahoma , USA |
Biography
Born on a farm near the town of Perry in a large family. At the age of six, he had a severe accident on the railway, with damage to the heart and lungs. For two years he was recovering, because of which he went to school later.
In the lower grades he took up wrestling. In high school he played a football team . In 1927 he entered the Oklahoma Agricultural and Technical College (now the University of Oklahoma). He was forced to earn a living by various activities, including from 1929 to 1931 he traveled around the country with a show of wrestlers, and in the same years he won three times at the national university championship.
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he fought in the category of up to 72 kilograms (welterweight); the title was disputed by 9 people. The elimination of the tournament took place as penalties accumulated. Three judges judged a fight, no penalty points were awarded for a clear victory, 1 penalty point was awarded for a victory by decision of the judges at any ratio of votes, 2 penalty points were awarded for a loss by a decision of 2-1, a loss of 3-0 by a decision and a net loss were punishable by 3 penalty points.
Interestingly, Van Bebber left the room before the decisive fourth round match with Eino Leino, and was six miles from the room an hour before the meeting. Two miles Van Bebber fled, and then he was driven by a driver who recognized the wrestler.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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| one | Raul Lopez | Victory | Touche (0 penalty points) | 2:21 | |
| 2 | Bjorg Jensen | Victory | 3-0 (1 penalty point) | - | |
| 3 | Danny MacDonald | Victory | 3-0 (1 penalty point) | - | |
| four | Eino Leino | Victory | On points | - |
After the Olympics, he stayed in Los Angeles for a while, moonlighting in a storehouse, returned to Oklahoma in December 1932, and graduated from university in July 1933. After some time, he worked as a trainer, and then received an offer from the oil company Phillips Petroleum , in which he worked until 1972 (with a 3.5-year break from serving in the army during World War II ) [2]
Introduced into several honorable wrestling halls in the USA, including the National Wrestling Hall of Honor. [3]
Notes
- ↑ Database Archived October 9, 2011 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ InterMat Wrestling - InterMat Rewind: A Distant Flame
- ↑ Jack VanBebber Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
Links
- Jack Van Webber - Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com