BEAT THE STREETS LOS ANGELES BLOG

2001 AD
At the IOC Executive Board meeting held in Lausanne, Switzerland it was decided to include women’s wrestling on the program of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens, Greece in 2004
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1994 AD
Oklahoma State University wrestler Pat Smith becomes the first wrestler to win the NCAA Championships four times.  His 121-5-2 career record ranks him among the best in the storied history of Oklahoma State University wrestling.
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1990 AD
John Smith the first American wrestler to win 4 consecutive World Championships is awarded the James E. Sullivan Award as the nations most outstanding amateur athlete.  Referred to as the “Oscar” of sports, Smith would later be joined by Bruce...
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1984 AD
Los Angeles hosts the Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad.  The U.S. would win 9 Olympic Gold medals in wrestling including 2 in Greco-Roman wrestling (Steve Frazier – 90 kg and Jeff Blatnick – +100kg),...
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1972 AD
Legendary American wrestling figure Dan Gable won Olympic Gold in Munich, Germany without surrendering a single offensive point.  He would go on to coach the University of Iowa to 15 NCAA Championships titles in 21 seasons including a record 9...
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1968 AD
In the summer, a conference was held with representatives from FILA, NCAA and high school associations at O’hare Airport in Chicago, IL to discuss a new national governing association for wrestling.  This would set the stage for the formation of...
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1932 AD
The city of Los Angeles hosts the games of the X Olympiad in what today is known as Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Americans Robert Pearce (56 kg), Jack van Bebber (72 kg) and Peter Mehringer (87 kg) won gold medals...
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1928 AD
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) crowns its first team champion in Oklahoma State University.  Head Coach Ed Gallager would go on to lead OSU to 11 team championships.
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1905 AD
The Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées was founded and initially governed both wrestling and weightlifting.  Today, known as FILA, it serves as the international governing body of Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.
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1904 AD
A second form of wrestling was added to the Olympic program called “Freestyle” in the III Olympiad in St. Louis, MO.
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