Timo

Daniel Brand didn't wrestle in high school (he played basketball, football and track starting in his junior year). He was 6'6" and 191 lbs and walked on as a basketball player at Nebraska. He was cut in his sophomore year and decided to wrestle in an intramural tournament to stay in shape. Head wrestling coach saw him and invited him to join the wrestling team as a sophomore. They didn't have scholarships for wrestlers then. His record was 4-7 and 4-5-1 in his sophomore, junior years. Nebraska hired Bill Smith (1952 Olympic gold medalist) as head coach for Brand's senior year (1958). As a senior, Brand finished with a 19-5-1 record and was 4th in the NCAA. Bill Smith became the head coach at the San Francisco Olympic Club and recruited Brand to go there and continue wrestling. Brand went on to make the USA world team in Freestyle (1960 Olympics 5th, 61 World Championships 4th, 62 Worlds 3rd, 64 Olympics 3rd) and 1961 in Greco (5th in Worlds). He won 3 AAU Nationals in Greco (1962-64) and 4 in Freestyle (1961-64) plus finished 2nd in 1960. Amazing career after starting wrestling his sophomore year of college.

I typed "Yasar Dogu 2024 brackets" into a google translator and pasted the turkish words into google and then trolled around till I found the pdf for the whole tournament. This is the link https://tgf.tr/2024-turkiye-sampiyonasi and it is at the bottom of the page. It is slightly too big to attach here (5.181 vs 4.88 MB) and I don't have any idea on how to make it smaller. I emailed it to myself so it isn't too big for gmail. If you can't get it from the link, email me at timjoemcc@gmail.com, I will email you back a copy. Blessings Tim

Does anyone have the 65 kg brackets? I was trying to look at things and haven't been able to find them. I guess it is a secret, even the USA wrestling website doesn't tell you all the details. Thanks