Leland Merrill
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| Born | October 4, 1920 Danville, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | July 28, 2009 (aged 88) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Parkersburg, West Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Michigan State | ||||||||||||||
| Club | New York Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | ||||||||||||||
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Leland Gilbert Merrill, Jr. (October 4, 1920 – July 28, 2009) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, for the United States.
He was born in Danville, Illinois and grew up in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Leland wrestled collegiately at Michigan State University, where his senior year he was team captain and finished third at the NCAA Wrestling championships. In 1948, he won the bronze medal in the freestyle welterweight competition.[1]
Merrill was West Virginia's first Olympic medal winner and the state's first Olympian.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Nedeff, A. George. (February 1978). Who Is Leland G. Merrill, Jr.. wvmat.com. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ www.wvmat.com https://www.wvmat.com/hallfame/merrill.htm. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
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- 1920 births
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- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling
- Rutgers University alumni
- 2009 deaths
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