Episode 1423
William Smith (wrestler)
Sat, 2021-Mar-27 00:37 UTC
Length - 1:45
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The random article for Saturday, 27 March 2021 is William Smith (wrestler).
William T. Smith (September 17, 1928 – March 20, 2018) was an American wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling.
Smith was born in Portland, Oregon and graduated from Thomas Jefferson Senior High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He then enrolled at Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa), Smith won back-to-back NCAA wrestling titles at 165 pounds in 1949 and 1950. As a team, Iowa State Teachers College finished as NCAA Runners-Up in 1949 and NCAA Champions in 1950. He also won three Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national titles. William Smith died on March 20, 2018. Intermat Wrestling website posted an article about Bill citing all of his accomplishments.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:37 UTC on Saturday, 27 March 2021.
For the full current version of the article, see William Smith (wrestler) on Wikipedia.
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