Charles Clapper

{{short description|American wrestler}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Charles Clapper |image = Charles_Clapper.jpg |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1875|12|20}} |birth_place = Memphis, Missouri, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1937|9|14|1875|12|20}} |death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's freestyle wrestling}} {{MedalCountry| the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze|1904 St. Louis | Featherweight}} }}

'''Charles Ellis Clapper''' (December 20, 1875 – September 14, 1937) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904, he won a bronze medal in featherweight category. He was born in Memphis, Missouri and died in Chicago, Illinois.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60596 |title=Charles Clapper |work=Olympedia |access-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929153755/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CLAPPCHA02 profile] *{{sports links}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clapper, Charles}} Category:1875 births Category:1937 deaths Category:Wrestlers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Category:American male sport wrestlers Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling Category:Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Category:People from Memphis, Missouri Category:20th-century American sportsmen