Eddie Scarf
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 Scarf in the 1930s | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Edward Richard Scarf | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Eddie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 January 1980 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Marist College North Shore | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Butcher | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Edna May Gale | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling, boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | middleweight, light heavyweight, heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Richard Scarf (3 November 1908 – 7 January 1980) was an Australian wrestler and boxer. He was Olympic bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling in 1932,[1] and also competed at the 1936 Olympics.[1]
He was born in Quirindi in New South Wales.[1] He was the fourth child of Michael Eli Scarf and Amelia, née Zraysarty, who had both migrated from Lebanon. He attended Marist Brothers School in North Sydney.[2]
Career
In February 1938, Scarf won the wrestling gold medal at the Empire Games in Sydney in the light heavyweight division.[3] His victory came in spite of pulling a muscle in his right thigh during the preliminary rounds.[4] In November that year he turned professional and moved up to the heavyweight class in order to compete in a competition sponsored by Stadiums Limited to determine the heavyweight professional champion of Australia.[5] He had been training with American wrestlers, Ray Steele, Dean Detton, and Bobby Roberts.[5] He was crowned professional champion by defeating Jim Bartlett of New Zealand one fall to nil in four rounds.[6] He retained hs title the following year.[7] In 1940, he famously beat Chief Little Wolf on points, using Little Wolf's signature move, the Indian deathlock against him.[8]
On 29 April 1941 Scarf enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force as a storekeeper.[2] He served with the Parachute Training Unit from 1943 and in 1944 participated in an exhibition wrestling match with Jerry Visscher during a boxing tournament in Madang, New Guinea.[9] He was discharged from the R.A.A.F. on 7 February 1945.[2]
