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July Girls National High School Pound-For-Pound, Top 25 Rankings

Outstanding American Honoree Rumsfeld Passes Away

Donald Rumsfeld wrestled for New Trier High School in Illinois and was captain of his state championship team. At Princeton, he was team captain and a three-time place winner in the Eastern Intercollegiates.

Hall of Fame Celebrates Wrestling In The Olympics

The museum proudly displays the gold medals won by Robin Reed, Bobby Pearce, Jack VanBebber, Frank Lewis, Doug Blubaugh and John Smith. It also has Olympic silver medals won by Danny Hodge and Ross Flood.

U.S. Teams Determined, Busy Preparing For Olympics

The United States has 15 athletes scheduled to compete, trailing only Russia (17) in the number of qualifiers for the Tokyo Games, and will be bringing a larger team to Tokyo than it qualified for Rio 2016 (14).

Hall of Fame Inducts Class of 2021

The eight individuals entering the Hall of Fame were initially scheduled to be inducted in 2020 but had their ceremony pushed back over a year due to the pandemic.

Zadick Humbled By Hall of Fame Induction

“But when you step back and analyze what it really is, a lot of my heroes are commemorated in there. And to be talked about in that same conversation is really a special feeling.”

Truly Legendary: Byers Joins Distinguished List In Hall of Fame

One of five American wrestlers to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman, Byers qualified for eight World Greco-Roman Championships and two Olympics while being named USA Wrestling’s Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year three times.

Lehigh Wrestling Great Lieberman Headed To Hall of Fame

As a senior, Lieberman pinned 12 of his 16 opponents and won all of the EIWA tournament’s major awards: Coaches Trophy (outstanding wrestler), Sheridan Trophy (most falls) and Fletcher Trophy (career team points).

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