Peter Mehringer
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| Born | July 15, 1910 Jetmore, Kansas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 27, 1987 (aged 77) Pullman, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Kinsley, Kansas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Joseph Mehringer (July 15, 1910 – August 27, 1987) was an American Olympic gold medal-winning freestyle wrestler from Kinsley, Kansas. Mehringer was nicknamed the "Kansas Whirlwind".[1]
After learning how to wrestle from a correspondence course, he went on to win two
tackle
. Financial considerations prevented him from graduating from KU.
Mehringer went on to play professional football with the
stunt man. He is also KU's only grappling icon to have pursue a career in professional wrestling, mostly doing tours in New Zealand
.
He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in 1983 and the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1984.
References
- ^ Pete Mehringer | KU's Greatest Grappler. union.ku.edu. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- ^ Pete Mehringer
- ^ Pete Mehringer Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame
- National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
- KUhistory.com Biography
- SLAM! Sports: Overcoming the odds: Pete Mehringer's 1932 gold medal[usurped]
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