Jack Spellman

American wrestler (1899–1966)

American football player

Jack SpellmanPersonal information

Born:| (1899-06-14)June 14, 1899
Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
Died:| August 1, 1966(1966-08-01) (aged 67)
Mangula, Rhodesia
Height:| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:| 201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:| Enfield (CT)
College:| Brown
Position:| End
Career history

* Providence Steamrollers (1925–1931)
* Boston Braves (1932)

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com
Jack Spellman Medal record

Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
|  1924 Paris | Light heavyweight

John Franklin Spellman (June 14, 1899 - August 1, 1966) was an American wrestler and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where he won a gold medal in the freestyle light heavyweight division. After college, Spellman became a professional wrestler and football player.[1][2] Spellman played American football as a right end for the Providence Steam Rollers and Boston Braves from 1925 to 1932.[3][4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "John Spellman Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
2. ^ "1924 Summer Olympics - Paris, France - Wrestling". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
3. ^ "Dropping Back In NFL History: The NFL's Olympians: (page 4)". Footballnation.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
4. ^ "Jack Spellman". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

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Olympic Champions in freestyle light heavyweight

* 1920 Anders Larsson (SWE)
* 1924 Jack Spellman (USA)
* 1928 Thure Sjöstedt (SWE)
* 1932 Peter Mehringer (USA)
* 1936 Knut Fridell (SWE)
* 1948 Henry Wittenberg (USA)
* 1952 Viking Palm (SWE)
* 1956 Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)
* 1960 İsmet Atlı (TUR)
* 1964 Aleksandr Medved (URS)
* 1968 Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
* 1972 Ben Peterson (USA)
* 1976 Levan Tediashvili (URS)
* 1980 Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)
* 1984 Ed Banach (USA)
* 1988 Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
* 1992 Makharbek Khadartsev (EUN)
* 1996 Rasoul Khadem (IRI)

* 1920: 80 kg
* 1924–1960: 87 kg
* 1964–1968: 97 kg
* 1972–1996: 90 kg

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Providence Steam Roller 1928 NFL champions

* Jimmy Conzelman
* Bill Cronin
* Jack Cronin
* Jack Fleischman
* Al Hadden
* Duke Hanny
* Norm Harvey
* Perry Jackson
* Jim Laird
* Curly Oden
* Milt Rehnquist
* Jim Simmons
* Clyde Smith
* Orland Smith
* Gus Sonnenberg
* Jack Spellman
* Art "Pop" Williams
* Abe Wilson
* Wildcat Wilson

Head coach: Jimmy Conzelman

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Boston Braves (NFL) 1932 inaugural season roster

* Corrie Artman
* Cliff Battles
* Algy Clark
* Paul Collins
* Turk Edwards
* Mickey Erickson
* Nip Felber
* Honolulu Hughes
* George Hurley
* George Kenneally
* Joe Kresky
* Jim MacMurdo
* Jim Musick
* Curly Oden
* Oran Pape
* Russ Peterson
* Ernie Pinckert
* Tony Plansky
* Milt Rehnquist
* Jack Roberts
* Reggie Rust
* Kermit Schmidt
* Paul Schuette
* Tony Siano
* Jack Spellman
* Dale Waters
* Ed Westfall
* Basil Wilkerson
* Lee Woodruff

Head Coach
Lud Wray

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