Harry Kendall (wrestler)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 December 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Foresters Olympic AWC, Walworth | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Harry Kendall (?-30 December 2015) was a wrestler who competed for England.
Biography
Kendall represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada,[1] where he won the bronze medal[2] in the middleweight category.[3][4]
Kendall was beaten in the final of the British 1957 heavyweight championship, held at the Royal Albert Hall.[5] He also represented England in the -90 Kg at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[6]
Kendall was a three-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships in 1953, 1954 and 1958.[7]
As a professional he was called one of the original Silent Ones alongside Mike Eagers because they were deaf.[8]
References
- ^ "Games Wrestlers". Evening Despatch. 9 June 1954. Retrieved 19 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Amateur Wrestling Championships". Football Post (Nottingham). 13 April 1957. p. 9. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ^ "Wrestling Heritage A-Z". Wrestling Heritage. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.