death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title
oregon city , oregon , united states 11 may 1966 canby , oregon , united states 18 september 1903 chester newton

chester newton

chester -lrb- `` chet '' -rrb- willard newton -lrb- september 18 , 1903 -- may 11 , 1966 -rrb- was an olympic wrestler for the united states .
he won a silver medal in the featherweight division at the 1924 summer olympics in paris , france , losing only to fellow oregon state university alumnus and teammate robin reed in the finals .
he was elected to the oregon sports hall of fame in 1980 and to the oregon state university athletic hall of fame in 1991 .
he died in a car crash in oregon city , oregon in 1966 .
