Lloyd Otto Appleton ( English Lloyd Otto Appleton ( February 1, 1906 , Edgewood, Iowa , USA - March 17, 1999 , Oberlin , Ohio , USA); - American freestyle wrestler, Olympic silver medalist [1 ] [2] .
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| Full name | Lloyd Otto Appleton |
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| Club | Cornell college |
| Date of Birth | February 1, 1906 |
| Place of Birth | Edgewood, Iowa , USA |
| Date of death | March 17, 1999 (93 years old) |
| Place of death | Oberlin , Ohio , USA |
Biography
At high school, Edgewood was involved in baseball and basketball .
He fought during his studies at Cornell College, where for four years he did not lose a single meeting. In 1927, he took second place in the national championship. In 1928 he became the champion of the Midwest according to the Amateur Athletic Union and the country champion in the same version.
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, he fought in the weight category up to 72 kilograms (welterweight). At these games, a regulation was introduced, according to which the wrestler received penalties in fights. The athlete who scored 5 penalty points dropped out of the tournament. The tournament was held according to the Bergwal system . Welterweight 9 wrestlers
Lloyd Appleton won three meetings, but lost to Arvo Haavisto in the final and moved into the tournament for second place. In the tournament for second place, he won two meetings and became the silver medalist of the games.
See tournament table
After the games, he continued to fight for several years, and even passed the selection for the 1932 Olympic Games, but remained only a substitute.
From 1928 to 1934 he taught at schools in the states of Maine and Massachusetts . After graduating from the University of New York in the field of education, from 1936 he worked at the West Point Academy for more than thirty years, of which nineteen years (1936–1955) trained the wrestling team. From 1956 to 1970 he was a professor in the department of physical education at the same academy, becoming the first non-military professor in West Point history [3] . In 1958 he was awarded the medal "For Civil Merit", becoming its first holder from the date of its approval [1] .
He is the author of the Wrestling for Military Leadership manual, which reveals the combat program for military personnel, the procedure for preparing and conducting wrestling competitions [3] .
Member of the National Fighting Hall of Fame (1983) and Iowa Fighting Hall of Fame [3] [4] .
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Links
- Lloyd Appleton - Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com