August Wester, Jr. (February 12, 1882 – September 1960) was an American

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who competed in the

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. He won a silver medal in bantamweight category. He was born in

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External links

August Wester's profile at databaseOlympics
1882 births 1960 deaths Wrestlers at the 1904 Summer Olympics American male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for the United States in wrestling Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub