Cleo McGlory
May 27, 1947 - May 19, 2022
Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Board of Governors in 2013 and 2014.
Began wrestling in ninth grade at Stillwater Junior High School. Won a state championship in ninth grade and as a senior at C.E. Donart High School, now Stillwater High School.
Two-time Big Eight Conference champion and a three-time All-American in wrestling for the University of Oklahoma. Reached the NCAA finals three straight years, going undefeated and capturing the NCAA championship in 1969.
Served 33 years as a professional educator, first as a math teacher and then as a middle school and high school principal in Red Rock, Stillwater, Bartlesville and Oklahoma City.
All American Awards:
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Season
1969
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School
Oklahoma
|
Tournament
Division I
|
Weight
160
|
Place
1
|
|
Season
1968
|
School
Oklahoma
|
Tournament
Division I
|
Weight
160
|
Place
2
|
|
Season
1967
|
School
Oklahoma
|
Tournament
Division I
|
Weight
160
|
Place
2
|
College Season Records:
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Season
1969
|
School
Oklahoma
|
Class
Senior
|
Bouts
21
|
Wins
21
|
Losses
0
|
Ties
0
|
Falls
3
|
Win PCT.
100
|
Place
1st
|
|
Season
1968
|
School
Oklahoma
|
Class
Junior
|
Bouts
24
|
Wins
19
|
Losses
2
|
Ties
3
|
Falls
1
|
Win PCT.
79.17
|
Place
2nd
|
|
Season
1967
|
School
Oklahoma
|
Class
Sophomore
|
Bouts
22
|
Wins
13
|
Losses
3
|
Ties
6
|
Falls
0
|
Win PCT.
59.09
|
Place
2nd
|
|
Season
Career
|
Bouts
67
|
Wins
53
|
Losses
5
|
Ties
9
|
Falls
4
|
Win PCT.
79.1
|
All Rankings:
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Season
1969
|
Rank Date
02/19/1969
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Weight
160
|
Rank
1
|
School
Oklahoma
|
|
Season
1968
|
Rank Date
02/28/1968
|
Weight
160
|
Rank
1
|
School
Oklahoma
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