Tom Jenkins (catch wrestler)

Tom Jenkins (August 3, 1872 - June 19, 1957) was an American catch-as-catch-can wrestler, actively working from the 1890s into the early twentieth century, after which he took up an appointment as an instructor of wrestling and boxing at the United States Military Academy at West Point (1906-1942) and at the New York Military Academy at Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York (1912-1943). Jenkins was notably a three-time winner of what began as the World Catch-as-Catch-Can Heavyweight Title before becoming the American Heavyweight Championship.

American Heavyweight Champion

 * As champion in 1905, Jenkins appeared in an endorsement advert for Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, being quoted as saying "I have, as every one knows, been champion heavy-weight wrestler and all-around athlete for years, and I must say that during all that time the only invigorator or medicine I used was Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey."