These are a first for me. I never thought I would see a confirmed tintype of an Olympian until I got these two in a lot of items. I have gotten a good group of items in several purchases related to this athlete. A real estate investor purchased his son's home which probably passed in the family. Isidore "Jack" Niflot won a gold medal in wrestling at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis. He also competed in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens which the IOC refuses to recognize as Olympic Games. He was an AAU champ and later turned pro. He was a long time wrestling referee and coached at City Athletic Club in New York City, Columbia and Penn. In these two he is standing in one and seated in the middle in the other. The word on the jerseys is Balmers. I do not know what that is.
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