Word: champions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...member of the Oklahoma Aggie wrestling team we never once succeeded in scheduling the "hotbed of wrestling" schools, Lehigh and Penn State, try as we would. My understanding is they still are being prudent about whom they wrestle. Certainly Lehigh is to be congratulated on having produced a national champion ["Ike" Eichelberger],"but this is an every-year occurrence at Oklahoma...
...second American to be champion, the New York girl is the second youngest woman to take the crown...
...major competitions of the past two years, including the Olympics in Italy two weeks ago, the new title-holder has often been runner-up to Miss Albright. This is the first time that Miss Heiss and defeated the former champion...
...precise and polished performance of World Champion Jenkins gave the U.S. its first gold medal. No sooner had the strains of The Star-Spangled Banner faded away than the Colorado stylist was all but forgotten. Accompanied only by his proud mother and his brother David (who finished third, behind California's Robertson), he hiked back through bitter cold to his hotel. No one had thought to send a car. Now everyone was worried about honey-haired Tenley Albright, the hard-luck kid from Newton, Mass. Only two weeks before, she had gashed her right ankle in a practice accident...
...Still champion in its own League, the varsity hockey will resume its battle for a third straight Ivy title tonight against Brown in Providence...