jross Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 1980 177lbs World (note: World or Olympic, excluding World Cup) 2 Senior World Team Members Ed Banach Steve Fraser Notes Steve Fraser Fraser's Olympic gold medal was the first ever in Greco-Roman wrestling for the United States. The 2000 Russian-Bear-Hunting Rulon Gardner credited Fraser with much of his success. NCAA - blocked by Olympian Mark Johnson in 1977. AA in 78, DNP in 79, AA in 80. Ed Banach He was so quick, strong, and tough they called him "The Horse." Retired due to health issues from concussions. NCAA 1 National Champion Ed Banach (1st in 1980, 1981, and 1983. 2nd to Mark Schultz in 1982) Another 5 with a best finish of 2nd or 3rd (one loss) Tony Mantella Dave Allen Charlie Heller Colin Kilrain Eli Blazeff 14 All-Americans with 26 total AA achievements at the NCAAs. The AAs not listed previously are Steve Fraser Dave Severn Ben Hill Don Brown Jim Hall Brian Parlet Gary Germundson Scott Mansur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warm Up Champ Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 5 hours ago, jross said: Adding a few notes 3 World Team Members Daniel was a 6x FS Senior team member, winning bronze in 2007. He won a bronze in GR Cadets in 1995. Andy was a 2x FS Senior team member Cael was a 4x FS Senior team member, winning gold and silver. He won a bronze in FS Cadets in 1994. 3 National Champs + 4 others with 2/3rd place finishes (one-loss) 28 All-America achievements across 13 wrestlers. AA's not listed before are Kyle Hansen (2x), Doug Lee, Tom Tanis, Shawn Scannell Nice! I just skimmed the surface, you dug deep. Not the toughest ever, but a fun collection of studs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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