Clarence Whistler
Clarence Whistler was a professional athlete and champion GrecoRoman wrestler of the 1880s. As the main rival to William Muldoon in wrestling of the early 1880s, he was best remembered for his unusual strength, indifference to pain and early death. He wrestled three famous bouts with Muldoon, totaling overhours.
Whistler was born in 1856 in Delphi, Indiana, US to C. C. Whistler and Leah Catharine Snyder and was the oldest of eight children. By 1878 he had moved to Iowa where he worked as a foundryman and was known for his strength.
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