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Joseph Reid
Born17 March 1905
Leigh, Lancashire, England, U.K.
Died8 February 1968(1968-02-08) (aged 62)
Sports career
Medal record
Freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United Kingdom
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1933 Paris 56 kg[1]
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Silver medal – second place 1930 Hamilton 56 kg[1]
Bronze medal – third place 1934 London 56 kg[1]

Joseph Reid (17 March 1905 – 8 February 1968)[2] was an English wrestler. He was a six-time British champion, a two-time British Empire Games medallist, European Championships bronze medallist, and represented Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Reid was born in Leigh, Lancashire. Trained by fellow Leigh native, Harry Pennington, Reid became a skilled amateur and catch wrestler.[2] He was a six-time British bantamweight champion (58 kg) from 1930–1935.[3]

In 1932, Reid competed in the freestyle bantamweight tournament of the Olympic Games. He was eliminated after losing two of his three matches in the freestyle bantamweight division and finished fifth over all.[2]

At the 1930 Empire Games, Reid won the silver medal in the bantamweight class. He placed third at the 1933 European Championships and at the 1934 Empire Games. Shortly afterwards, he turned professional and continued wrestling well into the 1960s.[2][4]

Reid worked as a coal miner.[2] Reid served in the Second World War, and spent time as a prisoner of war in a Japanese-run internment camp.[5] He later helped to train Scottish wrestler George Kidd. Reid's wrestling boots are now on display at the Leigh Harriers athletic club.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e Joseph Reid at Olympedia
  3. ^ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 - 2001" (PDF). Britishwrestling.org.
  4. ^ "Reid, Joseph (ENG)". whatsmat.uww.org.
  5. ^ "More nominees for Hall of Fame", This is Lancashire, 17 June 2002
  6. ^ "Historic Look at Harriers' Glorious Past", This is Lancashire, 24 August 2006


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