USAU S A RW LS


WRESTLIE T I N G SUCCESS U CC E SS ST OORIR I E S


b yMICAHEL RAN D


“Wrestlliingiis oneo hoffftthose sp


sports whereports wts where, to be,, tto e suc- cessful


cessfusfulat allll, yol, you have o have a wve a wo


Wr tling is ful at al


work ethic ork etthic –AL FRANKEN –AL F ANKENNKE


o be suc e t


hic.”c.. vetto ing is one of t


THE LATE A ULP AT


WELLSTONE (D-MN) ON A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP AT HE U


LL N A HA


THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE HE SUC


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SEN. AL FRANKEN (D-MN) SEN. AL FRAN EN (D-MN) TOOD UP FOR WRESTLING WHEN THE IOC TRIED


N OOD U ED TO DROP THE SPORT FROM THED TO DROP THE SPORT FROM THE OLYMPICS. DROP THE SP HOLD NG P HOLDIING PUBLIIC OF C OFFICE CE


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WRESTLING IN POLITICS


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BEFORE HE SUC- SSFULLY RAN FOR THE U.S. SENATE.


RE RESTLI LING AND POLI AN LITICS hav e min-


gled for hundr eds of y ears, and it ’s not har d to understand why.


y.


Both are historic al pursuits, with their roots tr acing back thousands


of years. Both requir e the co mbatants to test their limits and their wills. And both, in the end, pit two fier ce foes in a setting in which o nly one can come out victor ious. As Governor of New Yo


had a wr estling mat installed in his office and routinely battled with a local champion. Do nald umsfeld, long before he served in Co ngress or as U.S. Secretary of Defense for two differ presidents, was a wrestling captain at Princeton. Wellstone, U. . Senator fr om


20th Century, o


fe The late Paul We a U.S


Minnesota known as one of the fiercest and scrappiest campaigners, was an Atlantic Coast C nferCo fe ence wrestling champion at the Univ ersi- ty of North Carolina.


for making them into successful politicians. So, too, do three active politicians with wres- tling backgrounds. All three—two members of Congress and a local politician in California— believe their time on the mat has translated to life as a public official.


All three credited wrestling, in some form, for making them into successful


fe ent y, former President Te


Yor k at the turn of the eddy Roose velt


Teddy


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