TOP TEN WRESTLERS OF ALL TIMES

By Adam Walls

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ObjectiveAfter seeing the information, the students will be able to rank each wrestler.

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ObjectiveAfter seeing the information, the students will be able to identify what each wrestler did during their career.

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ObjectiveAfter seeing the information, the students will be able to rank all four wrestling meets in order from easiest to hardest.

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Audience Grades 9-12 Suburban school

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Environment Computer lab Not a group assignment No talking while working on assignment

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Yojiro Uetake

Pat Milkovich

Lee Kemp

Tj Jaworsky

John Smith

Danny Hodge

Dan Zilverberg

Pat Smith

Dan Gable

Cael Sanderson

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Yojiro Uetake Info Wrestled at Oklahoma State 1964-1966 1964 Olympic gold medal Also gold in 1968 Undefeated all 3 years at Oklahoma State Member of the USA wrestling hall of fame

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Pat Milkovich Info Wrestled at Michigan State 1971-1974 2 time national champion 2 time national runner up Youngest national champion at 18 years

old He won the big ten medal of honor

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Lee Kemp Info Wrestled at Wisconsin 1974-1977 3 time national champion’ 3 time world champion College record of 143-6-1 Career total of 47 pins

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Tj Jaworsky Info Wrestled at North Carolina 1993-1995 3 time national champion First winner of the hodge trophy 1995 most outstanding wrestler at the

NCAA meet

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John Smith Info Wrestled at Oklahoma State 1984-1988 4 time world champion 2 time Olympic champion

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Danny Hodge Info Wrestled at Oklahoma 3 time national champion 2 time outstanding wrestler at nationals Was never taken down

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Dan Zilverberg Info Wrestled at Minnesota He was never scored on in the 1980

season

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Pat Smith Info Wrestled at Oklahoma State 4 time national champion First 4 time national champion in history Member of the national wrestling hall of

fame John Smith’s brother

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Dan Gable Info Wrestled at Iowa State 1966-1971 6 time midlands champion World champion 2 time national champion Olympic champion

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Cael Sanderson Info Wrestled at Iowa State 4 time national champion Undefeated in college with a record of

159-0 Only undefeated wrestler in history with

over 100 wins Olympic champion

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Mini Quiz Match each wrestler to the school that they went to.

Yojiro Uetake Pat Milkovich Lee Kemp Tj Jaworsky John Smith Danny Hodge Dan Zilverberg Pat Smith Dan Gable Cael Sanderson

Word BankOklahoma State

MinnesotaIowa StateWisconsin

Oklahoma StateMichigan State

OklahomaIowa State

North CarolinaOklahoma State

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Big Ten The Big Ten conference is one of the

hardest wrestling leagues in the country. More big ten wrestlers qualify for nationals than any other league in the country. Another league is the ACC. Most of these teams are on the east coast. Another league is the western conference. Most of these teams are on the west cost.

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NCAA The NCAA meet is where the best college

wrestlers in the country meet to compete for a national title. To compete in the competition, you have to be one of the top 33 wrestlers in your weight class. This is the hardest meet in the US.

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World The world trials is a competition that

helps determine who will wrestle in the Olympics. To determine who wrestles in the Olympics, the wrestlers have to try out for their country’s team and compete in the world trials.

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Olympics The Olympics is the hardest competition

in the entire world. The best wrestlers compete here for a gold medal. The Olympics determines which country has the best wrestlers.

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Competition Quiz Rank The 4 competitions from easiest to

hardest.

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#1Which wrestler was never taken down? A. John Smith B. Pat Smith C. Cael Sanderson D. Danny Hodge

#2Who was the youngest National champion in history? A. Pat Smith B. Lee Kemp C. Pat Milkovich D. Dan Zilverberg

#3Who wrestled for Oklahoma State and was a 4 time world champion and a 2 time Olympic champion? A. Cael Sanderson B. Pat Smith C. Dan Gable D. John Smith

#4Who is the only undefeated wrestler with over 100 wins? A. Cael Sanderson B. Pat Milkovich C. Tj Jaworsky D. Dan Gable

#5Who won the 1964 and the 1968 Olympics? A. Yojiro Uetake B. John Smith C. Tj Jaworsky D. Lee Kemp

#6Who was never scored on during the 1980 season? A. Dan Zilverberg B. Cael Sanderson C. Dan Gable D. Danny Hodge

#7Who was a 6 time midlands champion? A. Cael Sanderson B. Yojiro Uetake C. Dan Gable D. Pat Milkovich

#8Who was the first winner of the Hodge trophy? A. Danny Hodge B. Tj Jaworsky C. Dan Zilverberg D. Yojiro Uetake

#9Who finished their career with 47 pins? A. John Smith B. Dan Gable C. Lee Kemp D. Pat Smith

#10Who was the first 4 time national champion in history? A. John Smith B. Lee Kemp C. Pat Smith D. Tj Jaworsky

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