Leslie Jeffers

Leslie Herbert Arthur Jeffers (8 January 1910 – 4 May 2000) was an English freestyle sport wrestler who competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Biography Jeffers was born in Plaistow, West Sussex, the son of a London seaman who was killed during World War I, when HMS Hermes was sunk.

He was a sergeant in the Metropolitan Police and was a member of their westling team. He was also a physical training instructor for Scotland Yard. in Sydney, Australia, where he competed in the Middleweight category, winning a bronze medal.

During World War II he was a Wellington Bomber flight navigator. He was a five times British champion at the British Wrestling Championships; middleweight 1936-37, and 1939, and light-heavyweight champion in 1940-41. He died in Middlesbrough.