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Word: pound (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Almost the same team which whipped Tufts, 30-6, before vacation, will make the trip. Tim Anderson will grapple in the heavyweight class, Ken Culbert in 177 pound, Chich Chandler in 167, and Bud Adams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Will Battle At Williams Saturday | 1/9/1953 | See Source »

Either Frank Dewar or Larry Wilde will battle in the 147-pound class, Pete Hiam is registered for 137-pound competition, Captain John Lee will battle in the 130-pound class, and Don Fern is scheduled to fight in the 123-pound bout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Will Battle At Williams Saturday | 1/9/1953 | See Source »

...Robinson had few, if any, limitations as a fighting machine. His lightning left was as hardhitting as his right, his footwork as fancy as a ballet dancer's, his defensive skill so impregnable that he was never once knocked out. By any odds, he was the best fighter, pound for pound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Perfectionist Retires | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

...shorts. Cut like boxers' shorts and constructed of twelve layers of laminated nylon duck encased in a plastic and nylon fabric, the Army's "lower torso armor" will weigh 4 lbs. (Weight of vest and shorts together: 12 lbs.). Marine Corps armored shorts, which weigh about a pound less than the Army version, have been in experimental use in Korea since early November. The reaction of marines who have worn them in combat: "Favorable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Armored Shorts | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

Earlier, 123-pound Don Fern opened the meet by losing a decision to the Lord Jeffs' Dan Tank. Don Muggia was pinned in three minutes and Pete Hiam drew in his 137-pound match, making the score at that point 10 to 2, in Amherst's favor. The Crimson's Bud Adams then pinned Ed Tank in 1:33, but Len Miller was decisioned in his 157-pound match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Matmen Win Second; Defeat Amherst, 20-13 | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

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