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While Gray Simons is almost always the answer to any trivia question that involves superlatives, sadly he is not the answer to this one. In 1960 he won the title as a #2 seed.

Bonus Trivia. For those of you who are really bored at work today. There are also seven wrestlers who absolute zeroed it in the non-freshman eligibility eras. Name them.

In the Big Dog Trivia thread I noted that Steve Mocco had wrestled exactly to his seed all four years. The absolute value of the difference between his seed and placement was zero. I speculated that he must be the only wrestler to pull this off, but there are three others who have done this over four tournaments. Name them.

The only #1 Ruth beat was Jimmy Sheptock

Can't beat the #1 seed if you are the #1 seed.

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Cool, you have moved on to the intentionally obtuse phase.

Why should I be the only one?

https://www.on3.com/boards/forums/iowa-wrestling.169/

Perhaps his age and otherwise health moved him up because he had a greater chance at success than others?

Boy did you miss that point.

You know what? I am going to give you that one. I know it is a technicality, but I like that I did not think of it and you did. So we are back to a Fab Five after all.

@BruceyB is officially a Big Dog

Looks like there is a new sheriff in town (but it also looks like you have to pay that sheriff - on3's wrestling rooms are free)

It is only there for the next 5 hours. It was acquired by on3. Starting tomorrow it will be at: https://www.on3.com/boards/forums/iowa-wrestling.169/ Though the other link my also re-direct to the new link.

someone on HR mentioned big, bad news was coming.

Indeed he has to because he is. Nailed it.

Tom came closest, but only did the deed three of four times. While Terry did it three out of three times he qualified for the tournament, losing the wrestleoff his freshman year knocks him out of the box.

yes and no

This was what seemed like a pretty informed comment from on3 BWI talking about exactly this: "My dad is a post-op lung transplant coordinator for a hospital up in MA. From what he’s told me, the first year is filled with ups and downs. Rejection of the transplant is not uncommon, but it’s just one of many fluctuations that can/may happen. Ben’s got a long road ahead of him so don’t be surprised if there are periodic stories of complications. As my dad puts it: He’s a tortoise training for a marathon. His transplant coordinator will be following him the rest of his life to check in and monitor everything. Don’t be surprised if you see Ben at less tournaments and/or wearing a mask in public. He’s going to have to be extra careful about what germs and such he’s exposed to from here on out."

The bad news is I messed up my join. Turns out there are only four of these guys, not five. The good news is you are half way there. My hint is you have already found the only four timer.

The latter, but Cormier was the #3 seed. This is why I always said Sanderson was over rated.