Eduard Pütsep

Eduard Pütsep was an Estonian wrestler. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won a gold medal in the bantamweight division in 1924, becoming the first Olympic champion in wrestling from Estonia. In 1928 he placed sixth in Greco-Roman and ninth in freestyle wrestling.

21 October 1898

Born on the same birth day (21 October): Alfred Nobel • Alphonse de Lamartine • Andrée Boisson • Andy Marte • Christopher A. Sims • Costel Busuioc • Daniel Schorn • Dick DeVos • Everett McGill • Geoffry Hairemans • George Bell (outfielder) • Lera Auerbach • Manfred Mann (musician) • Rob Keogh • Sims Reeves

Born in the same month (October 1898): Alan Barker • Eileen Sedgwick • Joe Sewell • Karl Anton • Leo McCarey • Lotte Lenya • Nachum Gutman • Shinichi Suzuki • Simon Vestdijk • Tawfiq al-Hakim • Thomas William Holmes • William O. Douglas