Philipp Hess
Philipp Heß (born November 28, 1887 , † November 4, 1934 in Milwaukee , United States ) was a German wrestler from Mannheim in the early 1920s .
After regional successes on the district and Gau level in the northern Baden area, he only reached the national top class after the First World War and in 1919 became German lightweight champion. At the World Championships in Vienna in 1920 he took third place in the middleweight division with three wins behind the Austrians Viktor Fischer and Lorenz Koczanderle, but before the German middleweight champion Richard Falkner , Berlin and Arpad Miskey, Hungary. At the European Championships in Offenbach in 1921, in which only German wrestlers took part, he was 2nd winner behind Heinrich Ketzer , Duisburg.
He then immigrated to the United States, founded on September 3, 1923 in Milwaukee the German-Athletic Club Milwaukee and was its president until his death.
literature
- Documentation of International Wrestling Championships 1896 to 1976, publisher FILA (Fédération Internationale de Lutte Amateur), 1976, pages W-10 a. E-19
- 1972 yearbook of the German Wrestling Association, ATHLETIK-Verlag Karlsruhe, 1972, page 161
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hess, Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1887 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1934 |
| Place of death | Milwaukee , USA |