USA Wrestler Photo Contest
Top left: University of Wisconsin 157-pounder Seth Liegel works over an opponent at the 2014 Navy Classic. Pam Ruschell photo. Top right: Harrison Womack of the Newberg Mat Club of Oregon working for a pin at a recent tournament. William Womack photo. Bottom left: Norman Anderson, age 5, from the Fife Thunder
Wrestling Club of Washington, pinning an opponent with a cradle. Bryson Anderson photo. USA Wrestler is seeking your best wrestling photography for publication in a future issue of the magazine. Other photos may be posted on
TheMat.com or on USA Wrestling Weekly. USA Wrestling reserves the right to publish all materials submitted for the Photo Contest with no restrictions! Mail photos to: Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling, 6155 Lehman Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918. E-mail photos to:
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National Greco Coach Matt Lindland to receive George Tragos award
By National Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum WATERLOO, Iowa - One of wrestling’s most successful Mixed
Martial Artists will receive the George Tragos Award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. Matt Lindland will be recognized during the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame induction weekend. The 2015 George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame weekend will take place July 10-11. The award is given to an exceptionally competitive wrestler who adapted his wrestling skills and competitive nature to excel in Mixed Martial Arts.
Lindland receives the award based on his wrestling back- ground, his successful tenure as a Mixed Martial Artist and his leadership at USA Wrestling as the Greco-Roman national team coach.
“The great thing about Matt getting honored is that he isn’t fin- ished contributing,” said museum namesake Dan Gable. “Hopefully his best is yet to come with coaching Greco-Roman wrestlers to medals at the World and Olympic level. Matt Lindland is a contributor for life.”
Lindland won a silver medal for the United States in Greco- Roman wrestling at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia and a silver medalist at the 2001 World Championships in Patras,
Greece.
He also won a Big Eight championship (158 pounds) for Nebraska in 1993. His overall Mixed Martial Arts record was 22- 9.
George Tragos, namesake of the award and the hall of fame, was one of the most feared submission wrestlers during the 1920s and 1930s. He wrestled and threw discus for the Greek Olympic team in 1920 and 1924. Tragos was also an AAU freestyle champion in 1919 at 158 pounds for the Gary, Indiana, YMCA. He worked with Don Faurot to revitalize the University of Missouri wrestling program in 1944 as well. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum will continue to release honorees into the 2015 George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. The Class of 2015 includes three Distinguished Members (two living, one posthumous) along with recipients of the Lou Thesz Award, Jim Melby Award, Frank Gotch Award, and the George Tragos Award. All-access passes to the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Hall of Fame induction weekend are available for $100. They can pre-ordered by contacting the Dan Gable Museum at
dgmstaff@nwhof.org or by calling (319) 233-0745.
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