Fred Meyer (sport wrestler)
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Frederick "Fred" Julius Meyer (May 17, 1900 – March 12, 1983) was an American
wrestler
who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
.
Meyer, who was Jewish,http://books.google.com/books?id=Xcfef_d2es4C&pg=PA184&dq=%22fred+meyer%22+jewish+wrestler&hl=en&ei=zFFPTax7gZyWB97IxB4&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fred%20meyer&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=w4blAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA650&dq=%22fred+meyer%22+jewish+wrestler&hl=en&ei=zFFPTax7gZyWB97IxB4&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22fred%20meyer%22%20jewish%20wrestler&f=false was born in Chicago
and died in Los Angeles
.
In 1920 he won the bronze medal in the freestyle wrestling heavyweight class.
As part of a trend in which religious and ethnic organizations used their facilities to develop competitive athletes, Meyer was one of a number of national champions whose skills were fostered at the Chicago Hebrew Institute. Meyer, who had been wrestling for the Chicago Hebrew Institute since he was nine years old, joined Walter Mauer of the Institute at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium
, marking the first time that Jewish athletes representing a Jewish club had been selected for the U.S. team. Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College
included Meyer on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists.
United States
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wrestler
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
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Meyer, who was Jewish,http://books.google.com/books?id=Xcfef_d2es4C&pg=PA184&dq=%22fred+meyer%22+jewish+wrestler&hl=en&ei=zFFPTax7gZyWB97IxB4&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fred%20meyer&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=w4blAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA650&dq=%22fred+meyer%22+jewish+wrestler&hl=en&ei=zFFPTax7gZyWB97IxB4&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22fred%20meyer%22%20jewish%20wrestler&f=false was born in Chicago
Chicago
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and died in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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In 1920 he won the bronze medal in the freestyle wrestling heavyweight class.
As part of a trend in which religious and ethnic organizations used their facilities to develop competitive athletes, Meyer was one of a number of national champions whose skills were fostered at the Chicago Hebrew Institute. Meyer, who had been wrestling for the Chicago Hebrew Institute since he was nine years old, joined Walter Mauer of the Institute at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium
Belgium
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, marking the first time that Jewish athletes representing a Jewish club had been selected for the U.S. team. Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College
Nazareth College (New York)
Nazareth College of Rochester, NY, is a private liberal arts college in Pittsford, New York, a suburb of Rochester.-History:Nazareth was founded in 1924 by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The first class, comprising 25 young women, began their studies in a large mansion on Lake Avenue in Rochester, New...
included Meyer on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists.