Joseph Reid (wrestler)

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Joseph Reid (17 March 1905 – 8 February 1968){{Olympedia|58233}} was an English wrestler. In freestyle wrestling, 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. Reid was also a champion in Lancashire catch-as-catch-can wrestling.

Biography

Reid was born in Leigh, Lancashire and worked as a collier. Trained by fellow Leigh native, Harry Pennington, Reid became skilled in amateur and catch wrestling. He was a champion in Lancashire style wrestling (9 stone) and a six-time British bantamweight champion (58 kg) from 1930–1935.{{Cite web |title=List of British Senior Champions from 1904 - 2001 |url=https://britishwrestling.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/List-of-British-Senior-Champions-1904-2001.pdf |website=Britishwrestling.org}}{{Cite web |last=Pashayev |first=Ruslan |title=Lancashire Wrestling (England) - Traditional Sports |url=https://www.traditionalsports.org/traditional-sports/europe/lancashire-wrestling-england.html |access-date= |website=www.traditionalsports.org}}

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.

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.{{Cite web |title=Reid, Joseph (ENG) |url=https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?spid=B5FDCB27E1334929AB9DF0CD1AD1EF58 |website=whatsmat.uww.org}}

Reid served in the Second World War, and spent time as a prisoner of war in a Japanese-run internment camp."More nominees for Hall of Fame", This is Lancashire, 17 June 2002 He later helped to train Scottish wrestler George Kidd. Reid's wrestling boots are now on display at the Leigh Harriers athletic club."Historic Look at Harriers' Glorious Past", This is Lancashire, 24 August 2006

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042633/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/joe-reid-1.html Joseph Reid's profile at Sports Reference.com]

Category:1905 births

Category:1968 deaths

Category:British catch wrestlers

Category:British male sport wrestlers

Category:British military personnel of World War II

Category:British World War II prisoners of war

Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England

Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England

Category:English male wrestlers

Category:Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games

Category:Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games