Public DomainA late 19th-century illustration of Abraham Lincoln wrestling hometown bully Jack Armstrong. He has been ...

Abraham Lincoln was a skilled wrestler and was honored ... Lincoln had a famous bout with Jack Armstrong, also a county wrestling champion. Lincoln won decisively when, after losing his temper ...

In the summer of 1831, 22-year-old Abraham Lincoln arrived in New Salem ... Clary’s Grove was known for a group of young toughs led by Jack Armstrong. Historian Benjamin Thomas called the ...

Massey is a bit stiff but Howard da Silva is terrific as Jack Armstrong, who fought Honest Abe during his brief flirtation with amateur wrestling. Massey would play Lincoln again, in the 1962 epic ...

BEFORE HE BECAME the most highly rated of our presidents, Abraham Lincoln ... was the murder trial of the son of Jack Armstrong, an old friend from Lincoln’s early days in Illinois.

Abraham Lincoln is perhaps the greatest presidential athlete ... Lincoln’s most prized match was against Jack Amstrong. Armstrong was a clerk when his boss challenged any of the local Clary’s Grove ...

One such name is none other than former United States President Abraham Lincoln ... came in 1830 against a local gang leader called Jack Armstrong, where he emerged victorious in a sudden display ...

There seemed to be little hope for Duff Armstrong—and then Abe Lincoln took his case ... he had been invited to share the stark cabin of Jack and Hannah Armstrong. They had treated him as ...

That wrestler, the powerful fighter who beat Jack Armstrong that day, was Abraham Lincoln. That's why Abraham Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame. Question: Is that story true, or is it a lie?