Eddie Caws

Biographical information

RolesNon-starter
SexMale
Full nameEdmund David Pugh "Eddie"•Caws
Used nameEddie•Caws
Other namesEddy, Ted
Born9 January 1921 in St. Pancras, England (GBR)
Died19 September 2008 (aged 87 years 8 months 10 days) in Northampton, England (GBR)
AffiliationsAshdown AC, Islington (GBR)
NOC Great Britain

Biography

The son of a London painter and decorator, Ted Caws was a freestyle wrestler. A member of the Islington-based Ashdown Athletic Club, he was the Southern Area welterweight champion in 1948 and was a reserve for the London Olympics that year. A toolmaker and turner by profession, Caws was runner-up to Ashdown team-mate Don Irvine in the national championship in 1949.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Wrestling GBR Eddie Caws
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) DNS