Fred Fozzard
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Born | (1945-06-14) June 14, 1945 (age 79) Glenwood Springs, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Oklahoma State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fred Fozzard (born June 14, 1945) is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. He won a freestyle World Championship at the 1969 World Championships at 82 kg. He also placed fifth at the 1970 World Championships at 82 kg. As a college wrestler, Fozzard was a three-time All-American and 1967 NCAA wrestling champion at Oklahoma State.
In 2012, Fozzard was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[1]
Early life and education
Fozzard was stricken with polio at the age of 2, but overcame the disability through hard work and determination. He attended Marshall High School in Portland, Oregon. As a high school wrestler, he was a two-time Oregon state champion.[2] He then attended Oklahoma State, where he was a three-time All-American and NCAA wrestling champion in 1967. He also would help Oklahoma State win two team NCAA championships, winning in 1966 and 1968.[3]
Freestyle wrestling career
In 1969, Fozzard went on to become one of the first two Americans to win a freestyle World title, as he won gold at the 1969 World Championships in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. He followed that up with a fifth-place finish at the 1970 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.[4]
References
- ^ Fred Fozzard. nwhof.org. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ Sanders, Fozzard to be honored. oregonlive.com. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ Slater, Anthony. (June 2, 2012). National Wrestling Hall of Fame: Former OSU wrestler Fred Fozzard calls Anthony Robles his hero. oklahoman.com. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ Fozzard to Be Inducted Into Wrestling Hall of Fame. flowrestling.org. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
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- 1951:
Haydar Zafer (TUR)
- 1954:
Abbas Zandi (IRI)
- 1957:
Nabi Sorouri (IRI)
- 1959:
Georgy Skhirtladze (URS)
- 1961:
Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1962:
Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1963:
Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
- 1965:
Mansour Mehdizadeh (IRI)
- 1966:
Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
- 1967:
Boris Gurevich (URS)
- 1969:
Fred Fozzard (USA)
- 1970:
Yury Shakhmuradov (URS)
- 1971:
Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1973:
Vasily Syulshin (URS)
- 1974:
Viktor Novozhilov (URS)
- 1975:
Adolf Seger (FRG)
- 1977:
Adolf Seger (FRG)
- 1978:
Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS)
- 1979:
István Kovács (HUN)
- 1981:
Chris Campbell (USA)
- 1982:
Taymuraz Dzgoev (URS)
- 1983:
Taymuraz Dzgoev (URS)
- 1985:
Mark Schultz (USA)
- 1986:
Vladimir Modosyan (URS)
- 1987:
Mark Schultz (USA)
- 1989:
Elmadi Zhabrailov (URS)
- 1990:
Jozef Lohyňa (TCH)
- 1991:
Kevin Jackson (USA)
- 1993:
Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR)
- 1994:
Lukman Zhabrailov (MDA)
- 1995:
Kevin Jackson (USA)
- 1997:
Les Gutches (USA)
- 1998:
Alireza Heidari (IRI)
- 1999:
Yoel Romero (CUB)
- 2001:
Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)
- 2002:
Adam Saitiev (RUS)
- 2003:
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)
- 2005:
Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)
- 2006:
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)
- 2007:
Georgy Ketoev (RUS)
- 2009:
Zaurbek Sokhiev (UZB)
- 2010:
Mihail Ganev (BUL)
- 2011:
Sharif Sharifov (AZE)
- 2013:
Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)
- 2014:
Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2015:
Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2017:
Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2018:
David Taylor (USA)
- 2019:
Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2021:
Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2022:
David Taylor (USA)
- 2023:
David Taylor (USA)
- 1951–1961 : 79 kg
- 1962–1967 : 87 kg
- 1969–1995 : 82 kg
- 1997–2001 : 85 kg
- 2002–2013 : 84 kg
- 2014–present : 86 kg