Cyril Brown

Cyril Brown was a fixture in London’s amateur wrestling scene for many years prior to his participation at the 1908 London Olympics. One of 10 members of the London Amateur Wrestling Club to participate at the games, Brown participated in both the freestyle and Greco-Roman events in the heavyweight and light heavyweight classes respectively. His best result would come in the former, where he lost in the quarter-final to eventual bronze medallist Ned Barrett of the London City Police, who was also the reigning amateur heavyweight champion.

Brown worked in various occupations, including as a surveyor, estate agent clerk, and auctioneer. He served with the Royal Engineers in World War I, and later married a native of Belgium with whom he had one son. He was killed in a motor vehicle accident in 1929 near Thames Ditton.