Hugh Peery
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| Full name | Robert Hugh Peery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 7, 1931 Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 10, 2015 (aged 83) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Hugh Peery (November 7, 1931 – January 10, 2015) was an American wrestler.[1] He won a gold medal at the 1951 Pan American Games,[2] and he competed in the men's freestyle flyweight at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3] He also worked as a dentist for more than 50 years.[4]
Biography
[edit]Peery was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1931.[5] He attended the Tulsa Central High School, where he became an Eagle Scout and a two-time state champion.[2][5] At the University of Pittsburgh he was a three-time NCAA champion in the early 1950s.[6] At the 1951 Pan American Games, Peery won the gold medal in the freestyle flyweight division.[2]
Peery was selected to represent the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[7] At the Olympics, Peery competed in the men's freestyle flyweight event, and was eliminated by Georgy Sayadov of the Soviet Union.[5][8]
Following his wrestling career, Peery graduated from a dental school in 1956,[9] going on to serve in the United States Navy Dental Corps.[2] Following his military career, he returned to Pittsburgh, where he worked as a dentist for more than 50 years.[2]
In 1980, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member,[10] and he was also posthumously inducted into the University of Pittsburgh hall of fame.[11] His brother, Ed, and his father, Rex, were also inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hugh Peery". EIWA Wrestling. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Hugh Peery". Olympedia. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hugh Peery Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ "Obituary: Robert Hugh Peery / Wrestler who became a North Hills dentist 'to help people'". Post Gazette. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ a b c "InterMat Rewind: Hugh Peery". InterMat. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ "Legendary Collegiate Wrestler Hugh Peery Passes Away at Age 84". NWHOF. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ "Hugh Peery makes first Olympic wrestling team". Newspapers.com. July 14, 1952. p. 19. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ "Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men". Olympedia. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ "DR. ROBERT "HUGH" PEERY". Legacy. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ "Hugh Peery". National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ "Hall of Fame: Peery Family". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ "Olympian Peery kept wrestling record under wraps". Tribe Live. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Hugh Peery at the International Wrestling Database
- Hugh Peery at Olympedia
- 1931 births
- 2015 deaths
- American male sport wrestlers
- Sportspeople from Stillwater, Oklahoma
- Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers for the United States
- Wrestlers at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in wrestling