jstock 124 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 R.I.P. Jimmy Carr - the all time GREATEST! Many great memories, the most fierce competitors I have ever known. Car ran a red light and hit Jimmy's car. http://www.flowrestling.org/video/61660 ... -Zink-1973 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alwayswrestling 158 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 With out a doubt the best HS wrestler ever in the US IMO. Prayers to the Carr family. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headshuck 2,056 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 Found this thread with Google viewtopic.php?f=11&t=21635 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fullnelson 79 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 Sad news indeed; I saw Jimmy wrestle a lot (first guy I ever saw do an ankle pick backhanded; that is, he had a left leg lead and would pick your right leg lead by reaching across with his left thumb on the mat picking your right heel from inside). I didn't get to know him or Fletcher as well as I know Joe and Nate, two of the nicest guys (strong Christians), and who must be grieving over the loss of their brother. Fastest guy I ever saw (along with Charlie Heard), and very entertaining. He didn't excel collegiately due to conditioning IMO (same with Charlie). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matburn155 2 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 Sending up prayers for the Carr family. I never met Jimmy, but had the pleasure of knowing Nate and his son Nate Jr while he wrestled in high school. Great Christian family that helped a young Christian, in myself. God bless the entire Carr family. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fadzaev2 146 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 My thoughts and prayers go out to the Carr Family also......Jimmy was very special.....I was at, and filmed the 1973 World Cup.....against the Russian, Jimmy suplayed him at least 4 times, and Yuri Shakmaradov (the Soviet coach) talked them out of 3 of them. I also watched and filmed Jimmy when he won the Midlands Championships. I consider myself a good friend of Nates.....in fact, he had never seen Jimmy wrestle, and I brought him to my home once during a summer camp and showed him the match against the Russian. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tightwaist 364 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 Here is a great article on the Carr family, and more specifically, Jimmy. http://www.kentuckywrestling.com/posts/ ... pact-carr/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jstock 124 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 Fadzaev2- please look for a PM from me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Throw4five 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 Hopefully the home page of TheMat.com will do a nice tribute article. Not much has posted on the internet yet, but that maybe because information is just now starting to come in. _____ http://www.goerie.com/article/20130815/ ... mplate=art NEWS PUBLISHED: AUGUST 15, 2013 10:39 PM EST UPDATED: AUGUST 15, 2013 10:39 PM EST Olympic wrestler Carr dies at Hamot STAFF REPORT, Erie Times-News Erie Olympic wrestler Jimmy Carr died today at UPMC Hamot, authorities said. Carr was 58. As a 17-year-old student at East High School in 1972, he was the youngest-ever American freestyle wrestler when he competed for the U.S. team at the Olympic Games in Munich. Carr was involved in an automobile crash on July 30 in Erie, authorities said. The Erie County Coroner's Office will review Carr's medical records to determine a cause of death, Erie County Deputy Coroner Dennis Suscheck said Thursday night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jstock 124 Report post Posted August 16, 2013 Another good article - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
