Edgar Bacon
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| Edgar Bacon | |
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| Born | 9 October 1887 Camberwell, London, England |
| Died | 16 December 1963 (aged 76) Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
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Representing  England
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1930 Hamilton | Light heavyweight |
Edgar Hugh Bacon (9 October 1887 – 16 December 1963) was an English freestyle and Greco-Roman sport wrestler who competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, in the 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]
He was born in Camberwell. He was the brother of Ernest Bacon and Stanley Bacon.
In 1908 he finished fifth in the freestyle middleweight tournament and ninth in the Greco-Roman middleweight tournament. Four years later he was eliminated in the second round of the Greco-Roman middleweight category. At the 1920 Olympic, he finished ninth in the freestyle middleweight class. His final Olympic appearance was in 1924 when he finished eleventh in the freestyle middleweight tournament.[2]
At the 1930 Empire Games, he won the silver medal in the light heavyweight class.
References
[edit]- ^ "Edgar Bacon Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Edgar Bacon". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Edgar Bacon at the International Wrestling Database
- Edgar Bacon at Olympedia
- Edgar Bacon at Team GB
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