Edgar Hugh Bacon (9 October 1887 – 16 December 1963) was an English

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. He was the brother of Ernest Bacon and

Stanley Bacon Stanley Vivian Bacon (13 August 1885 – 13 October 1952) was a British sport wrestler who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics and the 1920 Summer Olympics. He lived for many years in the Stamford Hill section of London. ...

. In 1908 he finished fifth in the freestyle middleweight tournament and ninth in the Greco-Roman middleweight tournament. Four years later he was eliminated in the second round of the Greco-Roman middleweight category. At the 1920 Olympic, he finished ninth in the freestyle middleweight class. His final Olympic appearance was in 1924 when he finished eleventh in the freestyle middleweight tournament. At the 1930 Empire Games, he won the silver medal in the light heavyweight class.

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* 1887 births 1963 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Great Britain Wrestlers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1924 Summer Olympics British male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 1930 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Sport wrestlers from London Commonwealth Games silver medallists in wrestling Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games {{UK-wrestling-bio-stub