Leo Nolan (wrestler)

New Zealand wrestler

BornLeo Thomas Nolan
(1911-12-10)10 December 1911

Died27 January 1979(1979-01-27) (aged 66)

CountryNew Zealand

Leo Nolan
Personal information
Born	Leo Thomas Nolan (1911-12-10)10 December 1911
Died	27 January 1979(1979-01-27) (aged 66)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Wrestling
Achievements and titles
National finals	Bantamweight champion (1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938) Flyweight champion (1935) Lightweight champion (1936)

Leo Thomas Nolan (10 December 1912 – 27 January 1979) was a New Zealand wrestler who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.

Born on 10 December 1911, Nolan was the son of Thomas Nolan and Evelyn Beatrice Nolan (née Williams).^[1]

Representing Wellington, Nolan won several New Zealand amateur wrestling titles: he was the bantamweight champion in 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937 and 1938; the flyweight champion in 1935; and the lightweight champion in 1936.^[2]^[3]^[4]

At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Nolan competed in the freestyle wrestling bantamweight (57 kg) division.^[5] In the preliminary rounds, he defeated the Australian, Ted Purcell (who went on to win the gold medal), by one fall; but lost to Englishman Ray Cazaux (the eventual bronze medalist) by one fall.^[6] In the semi-finals, Nolan was defeated by the Canadian competitor, Vernon Blake, and finished in fourth place.^[5]^[6]

During World War II, Nolan served as a driver in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.^[7]^[8]

Nolan died on 27 January 1979, and he was buried at Paraparaumu Cemetery.^[8]

References

↑ "Birth index: registration number 1912/1994". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
↑ "Wrestling fixtures". Evening Post. 17 April 1937. p. 22. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
↑ "New Zealand amateur championships: wrestling". Northern Advocate. 21 September 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
↑ "Wrestling titles". New Zealand Herald. 21 September 1938. p. 13. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
1 2 "Leo Nolan". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
1 2 "N.Z. boxers, wrestlers beaten". Northern Advocate. 8 February 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
↑ "Leo Thomas Nolan". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
1 2 "Cemetery details". Kapiti Coast District Council. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

v t e 1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
Athletics	Theo Allen Arnold Anderson Pat Boot Betty Forbes Alan Geddes Stan Lay Jim Leckie Doreen Lumley Cecil Matthews Mary Mitchell Jack Morgan Bill Pullar Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Frank Sharpley Doris Strachan Rona Tong Harold Tyrie
Boxing	Joseph Collins Darcy Heeney Kenneth Moran Jack Parker Hugh Sheridan Artie Sutherland Ron Withell
Cycling	John Brown George Giles Frank Grose Gordon Patrick Roy Taylor Ronald Triner Ron Ulmer
Diving	Gwen Rix
Lawn bowls	Bill Bremner Walter Denison Ernie Jury Frank Livingstone Lance Macey Alec Robertson Bill Whittaker
Rowing	Howard Benge Ken Boswell George Burns John Charters Jim Clayton Oswald Denison James Gould Albert Hope Gus Jackson Les Pithie John Rigby Bob Smith Cyril Stiles William Stodart Rangi Thompson
Swimming	Noel Crump Jack Davies Winnie Dunn Peter Hanan Mona Leydon Joyce Macdonald Len Newell
Wrestling	Torsten Anderson Jim Dryden Joe Genet Harcourt Godfrey Leo Nolan Jerry Podjursky Vernon Thomas
Chef de Mission: Horace McCormick

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