Edgar Bacon

Edgar Bacon

Personal information
Born	(1887-10-09)9 October 1887 Camberwell, London, England
Died	16 December 1963(1963-12-16) (aged 76) Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Medal record Men's Freestyle wrestling Representing England British Empire Games 1930 Hamilton Light heavyweight

Edgar Hugh Bacon (9 October 1887 – 16 December 1963) was an English freestyle and Greco-Roman sport wrestler who competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, in the 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.¹

Bacon was born in Camberwell. Three of his brothers of Stanley Bacon, Ernest Bacon and Cecil Bacon were all British wrestling champions.²

In 1908 he finished fifth in the freestyle middleweight tournament and ninth in the Greco-Roman middleweight tournament.² Four years later he was eliminated in the second round of the Greco-Roman middleweight category.² 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.²

He competed for the 1930 English team in the light heavyweight class at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.³ He won the silver medal after losing the gold medal match with Canadian Bill McIntyre.⁴

Bacon was a four-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at middleweight in 1927 and light-heavyweight in 1924, 1925 and 1927.⁵