Word: iben
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...IBEN KASHAR New York City
...varsity lineup shows Captain Johnny Lee at 123 pounds, while brothers Dick and Bud Adams compete at 130 and 137. Icko Iben will wrestle at 147, as Chick Chandler, Joe Hubbard, and Ken Culbert fight at 157, and 177 respectively. George Bates completes the team, wrestling in the unlimited class...
...Johnny Lee, the squad's captain and a former AAU 123-pound champion, was drafted last spring. Icko Iben, who wrestled at 137 and 147 last season, did not come out for the team. Eddie Bursk, a junior who wrestled at 123 last season, is in Hasty Pudding Theatrical's current production, and will be out for the first three meets, at least. Sophomore Dick Adams, a 130-pounder, did not come out for practice...
...wrestlers lost Captain Johnny Lee to the Air Force, Eddie Bursk temporarily to the Pudding show, and Icko Iben and sophomore Dick Adams to studies. This considerably weakens what was formerly a powerful alignment in the lower weight classes...
Pickett calls the team "stronger than last year's and more balanced." The six lettermen are Ed Bursk, 123; Captain Johnnie Lee, 130; Bud Adams, 137; Icko Iben, 147; Hugh Chandler 157; and heavyweight George Bates. Several more will be out for the team after football season...