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}} Richard Edward (Dick) Garrard OBE ( 21 January 1911 – 3 March 2003 ) was an Australia n Olympic Wrestler . Garrard was born on 21 January 1911 in Geelong , Victoria . In a thirty year career, from 1926 to 1956, Garrard lost only nine of 525 bouts, making him Australia's most successful sport wrestler ever. Between 1930 and 1956, he won every Victorian wrestling title and ten national titles in the lightweight and light welterweight divisions.1 In 1934, he competed in the first of what was to be four consecutive , 1948 In London (where he won the silver medal in the welterweight division), 1952 In Helsinki and 1956 In Melbourne . Although Garrard retired from competition after the 1956 Olympics, he continued to officiate in five Olympic Games, and was manager of the Australian wrestling team at the 1972 Munich Olympics . Garrard was made a Member of the , 29 July 2000 . Before his death on , 3 March 2003 . REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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