Kalle Anttila, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kalle Anttila

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1887

Place of Birth: Muhos, Northern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1975

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Kaarlo Johan Jalmari "Kalle" Anttila (30 August 1887 – 1 January 1949) was a Finnish wrestler.
He won Olympic gold and silver medals in the freestyle lightweight category in 1920 and in the Greco-Roman featherweight division in 1924.
He also won world titles in the Greco-Roman featherweight in 1921 and 1922.
Anttila was a Canadian resident (immigrated to Canada at the age of four) who became the Finnish champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1918–20 and 1929 and in freestyle wrestling in 1924 and 1929.In Sudbury with the land purchased by his parents, where he worked very hard on it as a farmer.
With that difficult work, that kept him physically fit.
His father, John Anttila; always had him doing heavy farming.