Leland Merrill
Leland Gilbert Merrill, Jr. (born October 4, 1920 in Danville, Illinois - died July 28, 2009 in Princeton, New Jersey) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, for the United States.
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| Men's Freestyle wrestling | ||
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.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1948 London | Welterweight |
Lee Merrill was West Virginia's first Olympic medal winner in wrestling[1] and the state's first Olympian.
In 1948 he won the bronze medal in the Freestyle Welterweight competition.
References
- www.wvmat.com https://www.wvmat.com/hallfame/merrill.htm. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
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