Editing Nat Pendleton (section)

==Early life==
Nat Pendleton was born as Nathaniel Greene Pendleton in 1895 in [[Davenport, Iowa]] to Adelaide Elizabeth (née Johnson) Pendleton (1873–1960) and Nathaniel Greene Pendleton (1861–1914), an attorney,<ref name="qctimes/native-pendleton">{{cite news |last1=Doxsie |first1=Don |title=Eye Openers: Q-C native Pendleton won silver a century ago |url=https://qctimes.com/sports/baseball/professional/mlb/eye-openers-q-c-native-pendleton-won-silver-a-century-ago/article_1a787c83-7bfb-592f-b25e-a599402f60e2.html |access-date=30 June 2023 |work=The Quad-City Times |date=20 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> who was reportedly a descendant of American Revolutionary general [[Nathanael Greene]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rainho|first1=Manny|title=This Month in Movie History|journal=Classic Images|date=August 2015|issue=482|pages=24–26}}</ref><ref name="LAT">"Nat Pendleton, Movie Character Actor, Dies", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', October 13, 1967, section II, p. 8. [[ProQuest]] Historical Newspapers.</ref> By March 1899, the Pendletons had moved to [[Cincinnati]],<ref>[[Edmund J. Pendleton]]</ref> and then later to [[New York City|New York]]. Nat went to Brooklyn's [[Poly Prep]] High School.<ref name="newspapers/58329249">{{cite news |title=Joseph Dana Allen's resignation, headmaster of the Poly Prep |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/58329249/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=10 April 1925 |location=Brooklyn, New York |language=en}}</ref> Nat studied at [[Columbia University]], graduating in 1916.<ref name="gastongazette/34370695007">{{cite news |last1=Pickens |first1=Jessica |title=From wrestler to actor – Nat Pendleton carved out career as affable brute |url=https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/local/2013/12/27/from-wrestler-to-actor-nat/34370695007/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |date=2013-12-27 |work=[[Gaston Gazette]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |location=[[Gastonia, North Carolina]]}}</ref> Pendleton spoke four languages, received an economics degree, and, in 2006, was inducted into the Columbia wrestling hall of fame.<ref name="gastongazette/34370695007"/>