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AAU National Wrestling Championships and Olympic Team Trials
July 4, 1928 - July 6, 1928 @ Unknown Venue (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
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Iowans On Olympic Mat Squad
Following competition in the final tryouts at Grand Rapids, five Iowans were named members of the United States wrestling team that sails for Amsterdam to take part in the Olympics. SOURCE: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, July 8, 1928. Click for larger image.





Senior | Catch-As-Catch-Can

Teams

Cornell College [IA], Cornell University (Cortland, New York), Grand Rapids YMCA [MI], Iowa (Bondurant, Iowa) [IA], Iowa (Iowa Falls, Iowa) [IA], Northwestern University (Toledo, Iowa) [IL], Ohio State University [OH], Oklahoma (Stillwater) [OK], Oklahoma State University [OK], U.S. Naval Academy [MD], University of Illinois, Champaign (Marshalltown, Iowa) [IL], University of Michigan [MI], University of Michigan (Cresco, Iowa) [MI], University of Michigan (Hawaii) [MI], University of Michigan (North Java, New York) [MI], University of Texas (Hugo, Oklahoma) [TX]

Championship Final (1st)

112  Gordon Rosenberg (IA (Iowa Falls, Iowa)) > Paul Kirimura (UM (Hawaii)) judge's decision
125  Robert Hewitt (UM) > Ralph Lupton (NU (Toledo, Iowa)) decision
135  Alvin "Allie" Morrison (UIC (Marshalltown, Iowa)) > Blair Thomas (UM (Cresco, Iowa)) decision
145  Clarence Berryman (OSU) > Ralph Prunty (IA (Bondurant, Iowa)) decision
158  Lloyd Appleton (CC) > Clarence Gies (GRYMCA) decision
175  Ralph Hammonds (UT (Hugo, Oklahoma)) > Glenn Stafford (CU (Cortland, New York)) decision
191  Heywood Edwards (USNA) > Daniel Whitacre (OSU) fall
HWT  Ed George (UM (North Java, New York)) > Roger Flanders (OK (Stillwater)) decision


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