Jimmy Jackson (wrestler)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "infobox".Template:Wikidata imageScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".
James Earl Jackson (July 28, 1956 – June 17, 2008) was an American freestyle wrestler, who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Born in Windsor, Ontario, Jackson grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he was a graduate of Ottawa Hills High School.[1] At the 1979 Pan American Games he finished first in the freestyle unlimited category. At Oklahoma State, he was a three-time All-American and NCAA champion at heavyweight.[2] Jackson was briefly a professional wrestler in Mid-South Wrestling.[3]
In 2023, Jackson was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[4]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Jimmy Jackson. nwhof.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1956 births
- 2008 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- Canadian male sport wrestlers
- Sportspeople from Windsor, Ontario
- Martial artists from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Black Canadian sportsmen
- Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers for the United States
- American male sport wrestlers
- American male professional wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in wrestling
- National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductees