Word: wrestler
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Bush, a high school wrestler, shot-putter and football player, was one of about five seniors recruited to play college football out of his senior class of approximately 1,200 students at Lakeside High School, a public school outside of Augusta, Georgia...
...DeNunzio capped off an incredible four years with Harvard, wrestling to a fourth-place finish and becoming only the second Harvard wrestler ever to earn All-American accolades twice. In 1998, DeNunzio placed sixth in the 134-pound weight class to become the first Harvard wrestler in fifteen years to win All-American honors...
...pounds, sophomore Brad Soltis, the third Harvard wrestler to earn a trip to Penn State, was put to the test immediately and lost to No. 11 seed Chael Sonnen of Oregon. He then put up a strong fight against Mike French of Cal Poly but lost...
...Even after the season ended, the honors did not. For his accomplishments at NCAAs and throughout the season, DeNunzio was named the Ivy League and EIWA Wrestler of the Year. He is the first Crimson grappler to be awarded either honor. DeNunzio was chosen as part of the All-Ivy First Team for the third time...
DIED. OWEN HART, 34, professional wrestler known as the Blue Blazer; after falling some 70 ft. while being lowered onto the mat before an audience of more than 16,000; in Kansas City, Mo. The acrobatic stuntman, scion of a prominent Canadian wrestling family, was often billed as a straight man for such higher-profile World Wrestling Federation heavyweights as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Authorities have begun an investigation into Hart's death...