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5 minutes ago, BigRedFan said:

Causation and correlation and all that, you know.

I believe Bo Bassett said he became more devout when he saw all the champs who praised Jesus.  Although he was already somewhat religious, he leveled up because he thought it might be a missing piece in his arsenal.

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11 hours ago, Lunaticfringe said:

How about the all Italian team? 
 

Ferrari Bros, Nick Suriano, Sam LaTona, Nick Piccinninni, Alec Pantaleo, Austin DeSanto, Nino Bonaccorsi,

Rico Chiaparelli 

Posted
11 hours ago, Lunaticfringe said:

How about the all Italian team? 
 

Ferrari Bros, Nick Suriano, Sam LaTona, Nick Piccinninni, Alec Pantaleo, Austin DeSanto, Nino Bonaccorsi,

I simply cannot allow the chance to name an "All-Irish team" pass me by and only 10 days before the celebration of the  patron saint.

125 Spencer Moore (UNC)/Cooper Flynn (Minn)

133 Connor McGonagle (VTech)

141 Rich Treanor (AWP)

149 Kaden Cassidy (GMU)

157 Ryder Downey (UNI)

165 Mike Caliendo (lol) (Iowa)/ Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell)

174 Keegan O'Toole (Mizz)

184 Max McEnelly (Minn)

197 Cam McDanel (Neb)/ Mickey O'Malley (Drex)

285 Big Jimmy Mullen (VTech)

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4 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

I simply cannot allow the chance to name an "All-Irish team" pass me by and only 10 days before the celebration of the  patron saint.

125 Spencer Moore (UNC)/Cooper Flynn (Minn)

133 Connor McGonagle (VTech)

141 Rich Treanor (AWP)

149 Kaden Cassidy (GMU)

157 Ryder Downey (UNI)

165 Mike Caliendo (lol) (Iowa)/ Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell)

174 Keegan O'Toole (Mizz)

184 Max McEnelly (Minn)

197 Cam McDanel (Neb)/ Mickey O'Malley (Drex)

285 Big Jimmy Mullen (VTech)

No JP O'Connor? 

Posted (edited)
16 hours ago, Lunaticfringe said:

How about the all Italian team? 
 

Ferrari Bros, Nick Suriano, Sam LaTona, Nick Piccinninni, Alec Pantaleo, Austin DeSanto, Nino Bonaccorsi,

This is the Italian team I'd throw on the mat

125 - Nick Suriano/ Backup NATO

133- John Smith (Inducted into the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame)

141 - 157 (someone is bumping up and someone is sucking down) Zack Esposito/  Frank Molinaro/ Pat Santoro

165 - Vincenzo Joseph

174 - Carter Starocci

184 - Angelos Ferarri

197 - AJ Ferrari

hvwt - Anthony Cassar

(141-157) is tough...Have solid wrestlers in Yozzo and Tirapelle, Steve Marianetti

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Old school Italian team, 1981 190 weight class:

1st, Tom Martucci, 2nd Tony Mantella, 3rd Geno Savegnago

Posted
7 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

I simply cannot allow the chance to name an "All-Irish team" pass me by and only 10 days before the celebration of the  patron saint.

Paddy Gallagher...☘️

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Posted
13 hours ago, 11986 said:

Old school Italian team, 1981 190 weight class:

1st, Tom Martucci, 2nd Tony Mantella, 3rd Geno Savegnago

What about Bob Marella aka Gorilla Monsoon? NCAA champion in the 50's and could not just speak but sing in Italian. 

Posted
19 hours ago, 11986 said:

Old school Italian team, 1981 190 weight class:

1st, Tom Martucci, 2nd Tony Mantella, 3rd Geno Savegnago

Tony Mantella my high school friend!!!    Dominic DeNucci HAhaha!

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I think that you also have to rank the Christians.  Don't Evangelical fundamentalists who believe that everything in the Bible is literally true have to rank above those who believe in a Creator but also have a brain in their head?

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On 3/3/2025 at 4:13 PM, MPhillips said:

You have Alan Fried and then the rest.

Alan was special.....one of my all time greatest high school wrestlers

 

Posted (edited)

How about the All Atheist Team (or at least Skeptics, Agnostics, "Apatheists", philosophical Buddhists or Taoists, and even Christian Atheists ... yes they exist)?

It's often the more educated or preternaturally intelligent folks who don't go in for the superstitions and fictions.  I have no idea who would be on it, but here are some possibilities:

Jason Welch?

I can't recall religious-speak from Dake, Taylor, Askren, Stieber, Yanni, or JB ... but who knows?

Among athletes who were not wrestlers, I've heard Bruce Lee, Lance Armstrong, Nadal, Ted Williams, and Diana Nyad are (or were) likely non-believers.

I'm sure there are quite a few, but it's still somewhat of a taboo for public figures to share that they don't believe.  And, I think, many athletes tend to project their own athletic struggles, training, and stories onto the world or universe and so frequently tend to view things in simplistic, dualistic or Manichaean ways. And/or they often believe that "faith" will help them win, perform well, or at least comfort them in loss (and there is some evidence that it serves these pragmatic functions.)

In any event, sports often have religious dimensions to them and in certain respects they are a substitute or supplement for religion:

https://theconversation.com/how-sport-became-the-new-religion-a-200-year-story-of-societys-great-conversion-199576

If you follow or peak in on the Penn State wrestling forum, many of the posters actually seem to worship a wrestler: "In Cael we Trust" is the de rigueur mantra. 

In the South, college football isn't just a sport. It's a religion.

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All Black:

125:  Anthony Robles

133:  Bravo Young

141:  Darryl Burley

149:  Lee Kemp

157:  Jordan Burroughs

165:  Kenny Monday

174:  Joe Williams

184:  Ed Ruth

197:  J'den Cox

285:  Carlton Haselrig

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