His story is Chapter Two of wrestling's family legend, but Hugh Peery's record stands by itself among the greatest. He won three National Collegiate championships for the University of Pittsburgh in 1952-5354. He won all but one of his 57 collegiate matches, the last 48 of them in a row.

But even before he launched that career, he had earned international honors, capturing a gold medal at the 1951 Pan American Games in Argentina. He earned sixth place in the 1952 Olympic Games at Helsinki, winning two of three bouts.

As a wrestler, Hugh was noted for his speed and clever style. He was an exceptional takedown artist with a wide variety of moves, and his usual pattern was to establish an early lead and maintain pressure with a vast repertoire of rides, escapes and pinning holds.

Hugh Peery followed the lead of his father and coach, Rex Peery, to help create wrestling's fabulous family story. Rex was a three-time NCAA champion at Oklahoma State in the 1930s. They were to be joined at that level by younger son Ed, completing a 9-for-9 sweep of national championships.

Under his father's coaching, Hugh was a state high school champion at Tulsa Central in 1949. Rex left for Pittsburgh the next year, but Hugh remained in Oklahoma to win a second state crown.

His total competitive record-high school, collegiate and open-numbered more than 100 victories against a mere half a dozen defeats.

In recognition of his exceptional achievements as a superior athlete, Robert Hugh Peery is honored as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.