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Peter Joseph Mehringer (July 15, 1910 – August 27, 1987) was an Olympic Gold Medal-winning freestyle wrestler from Kinsley, Kansas. Mehringer was nicknamed the "Kansas Whirlwind".[1]
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After learning how to wrestle from a correspondence course, he went on to win two Kansas state championships, and three Missouri Valley Conference titles while attending the University of Kansas. He was an All-American and national runner-up at the 1932 NCAA championships. The KU sophomore won a gold medal at the 1932 Olympic Games, becoming the first KU athlete to ever have won an Olympic gold medal. Mehringer returned to KU in 1932 for his junior season and solidified his place among KU's all-time great athletes by earning All-Big Six Conference honors in football as a 214-pound tackle. Unfortunately, financial considerations prevented him from graduating from KU.
Mehringer went on to play professional football with the Chicago Cardinals[2][3] and the Los Angeles Bulldogs, and worked occasionally as a movie extra and stunt man. Although he declined to discuss it in his later years, he is KU's only grappling icon to pursue a career in professional wrestling.
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
 Olympic Champions in freestyle light heavyweight | |
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Peter Mehringer est un lutteur américain spécialiste de la lutte libre né le 15 juillet 1910 et mort le 27 août 1987.[it] Peter Mehringer
Peter Joseph Mehringer (Jetmore, 15 luglio 1910 – Pullman, 27 agosto 1987) è stato un lottatore statunitense, specializzato nella lotta libera.[ru] Мерингер, Питер
Питер Джозеф «Канзасский смерч» Мерингер (англ. Peter Joseph "Kansas Whirlwind" Mehringer; 15 июля 1910 (1910-07-15), Джетмор, Канзас, США — 27 августа 1987, Пулмен, округ Уитмен, штат Вашингтон, США) — американский борец вольного стиля, чемпион Олимпийских игр[2]. Также игрок в американский футбол.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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