Mark, 2011 Dellinger Wrestling Writer of the Year, writes for InterMat, Wrestling USA, Amateur Wrestling News, and TheGuillotine
Joined August 2009
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1957: An especially historic NCAAs. Hodge, the Peerys, and Iowa's Simon Roberts, 1st African-American champ
On this date in 1957, Dan Hodge of @OU_Wrestling & Ed Peery of @Pitt_WRES each won their 3rd @ncaawrestling DI title. #LegendsLiveOn
MORE about Dan -> bit.ly/34RpXqZ
WATCH Dan crush an apple -> bit.ly/2m1d0dF
MORE about Ed -> bit.ly/3bk6gML
The very first NCAA championships... 92 years ago today! One of those first champs: Oklahoma State's Earl McCready, who you met yesterday
On this date in 1928, the first @ncaawrestling Championships, hosted by @CycloneATH in Ames, Iowa, began. A total of 15 schools entered 40 wrestlers.
#3: Oklahoma State defending champ Phil Kinyon...
Happy birthday to Martin "Farmer" Burns (born on this date in 1861). Wrestling legend from Iowa who trained Frank Gotch, early 1900s world champion whose popularity helped fuel the growth of HS and college wrestling in the US. (Burns is the one with mustache, standing with Gotch)
Today is the 46th birthday of Mario Lopez, who gained fame playing HS wrestler AC Slater on the NBC series "Saved by the Bell"... and was a HS wrestler for real in California back in the day.
What an incredible career as wrestler and coach! (BTW, his '56 NCAA title match was against a guy named Dan Hodge.)
Labor Day 1911: A Day to Rest... and Wrestle. Frank "The Iowa Plowboy" Gotch vs. George "The Russian Lion" Hackenschmidt in Comiskey Park, Chicago. Read all about it...
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