William Kerslake
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William "Bill" Roy Kerslake (December 27, 1929 – September 29, 2015)[1] was an American Olympic heavy weight wrestler and retired NASA engineer.
During his collegiate years at Case Institute of Technology, known today as Case Western Reserve University, he was a three sport varsity athlete in wrestling, football, and track. In 1951, he was voted Case Institute of Technology's "outstanding athlete."[2] Kerslake was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Kerslake won 15 consecutive national championships in Freestyle and
Throughout his wrestling career, and afterward, he was an aerospace research engineer for NASA.[5] He was the co-inventor of the first ion thruster for space propulsion and served as chairman of the technical committee of the AIAA.[1]
In 1982, Kerslake was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[6]
References
- ^ a b William Kerslake's obituary
- ^ "Case Western Reserve".
- ^ William Kerslake's profile at Sports Reference.com
- ^ 1986 Guinness Book of World Records, p.466
- ^ Case's Three-Time Olympian and Rocket Scientist
- ^ William Kerslake. nwhof.org. Retrieved April 9, 2024.