TheOhioState 476 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 I'll go with Alan Fried, Oklahoma State, 142 lbs., 1994. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyThompsonnum1 101 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 I'll go with Alan Fried, Oklahoma State, 142 lbs., 1994. Duane Goldman. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrestlingnerd 2,751 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Definitely Alan Fried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tightwaist 390 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Fried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smittyfan 42 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Kenny Monday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smittyfan 42 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Dave Schultz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOhioState 476 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Probably better by weight class: Â 115: Ken Melchior Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,664 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Nickerson  Schlatter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TLV 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 BRuce Baumgartner. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piggy 8 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 BRuce Baumgartner. +1 beat me to it....can't imagine a 1x champ with better overall career accomplishments. Â 4 Olympic Medals (2-Gold, 1-Silver, 1-Bronze), 9 World Championship Medals (3-Gold, 3-Silver, 3-Bronze) and 4 Pan-American Medals (3-Gold, 1-Silver,); he has also won 12 World Cup Medals (7-Gold, 5-Silver), an NCAA title (and 2 Runner-Up finishes), 4 Olympic Festival titles, 2 AAU National titles and a Junior National title. Presented with the 1995 James E. Sullivan Award by the Amateur Athletic Union as the outstanding amateur athlete in the U.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headache 126 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Based on college results only, it's Fried by a mile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alwayswrestling 206 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Based on college results only, it's Fried by a mile. I think Duane Goldman and Larry Owings are both right there with Fried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AKHUNTER 290 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Owings.....on college only results Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigApple 86 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Dan Chaid all time wins leader at OU beat Goldman when they were juniors. Goldman won his senior year because of a very questionable stalling call. Anybody who watched Chaid wrestled would never say he stalled. He also is the all time pins leader at OU. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank_Rizzo 332 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Troy Letters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongShot 13 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 David Taylor is the answer to this question for the next 42 days. Â Joe Heskett after that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OtisCampbell 94 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 One thing flawed with these arguments is that you favor guys that reach their potential earlier and are biased against guys that took a couple years to hit their stride and therefor maybe placed lower when they were young. Sure David Taylor was better than Jordan Burroughs and John Smith during their freshman years, but is he a better wrestler than them when he is leaving college? Is a few spots higher your freshman worth more than actually being a better wrestler as a senior? Â This seems to happen a lot in recruiting. People love the 4 timer but many times the kid that took some lumps and worked his butt off his first couple years end up with only 2 titles but better wrestler leaving high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huntandfishISU 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 David Taylor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headshuck 2,302 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Not sure how you measure something like this. Yes Taylor lights up the scoreboard but he's lost to Jenkins, Dake, Howe, Burroughs. Something tells me there was a 1xer from the past that was unbeatable, just not lighting up the scoreboard vs the field. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongShot 13 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Not sure how you measure something like this. Yes Taylor lights up the scoreboard but he's lost to Jenkins, Dake, Howe, Burroughs. Something tells me there was a 1xer from the past that was unbeatable, just not lighting up the scoreboard vs the field. Â By definition it would be very tough for a 1x champ to be unbeatable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headshuck 2,302 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 Unbeatable in a given year perhaps. Didn't Taylor lose to Dake and Howe the summer after his one title? Are there other examples where the 1xer excelled the summer following their title? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perry 1,257 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 I'll second Troy Letters of Lehigh. Guy was a MONSTER. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PAStud 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 I 3rd Letters, beat one of the best in the finals to never win a title Tyrone Lewis. 2-0 vs Hendricks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigRedMachine 210 Report post Posted February 8, 2014 David Taylor is the answer to this question for the next 42 days. Joe Heskett after that. In 42 days, the answer will be Andrew Howe!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WRfan1 144 Report post Posted February 9, 2014 Schultz, Baumgartner, Monday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
