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

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 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 ...

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 ...

May 3, 1858. Cass County, Illinois. The Circuit Court of Cass County convened on Monday May 3 rd, 1858, to begin Armstrong’s trial. Abraham Lincoln arrived in Beardstown, the county seat and ...

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 ...

Abraham Lincoln is perhaps the most well-known American ... Clary’s Grove Boys in a wrestling match.” The opponent was Jack Armstrong, the most feared wrestler in on the frontier.