Education
Cornell University.
Cornell University.
He was a 1920 graduate of Cornell University where he competed for the Cornell Big Red wrestling team under Coach Walter O"Connell. He competed for the United States in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the freestyle featherweight category, winning the gold medal.
Ackerly was also a member of the Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity and Sphinx Head Society.