Jesse Glover was Bruce Lees first student
Jesse Raymond Glover (October 15, 1935 June 27, 2012) was Bruce Lee s first student and first assistant instructor in the United States. He met Lee in 1959, as they both attended Edison Technical College and practiced judo with Lee. Glover was a psychology major and a champion judoka. The character Jerome Sprout in the 1993 film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was based on Glover. Jesse started a Gungfu class of his own and Leroy Garcia and James DeMile came along and assisted him, which was the first ever i
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