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1682:1887 births
1648:(2005–2021)
1646:Mike Holder
1640:(2002–2005)
1632:(1995–2002)
1622:Dave Martin
1616:(1990–1993)
1608:(1983–1990)
1600:(1978–1983)
1592:(1971–1978)
1584:(1935–1970)
1576:(1933–1934)
1568:(1915–1933)
1560:(1909–1915)
1494:(1992–2024)
1486:(1985–1991)
1478:(1970–1984)
1470:(1957–1969)
1462:(1941–1956)
1454:(1916–1940)
1388:(2019–2022)
1380:(2004–2018)
1372:(1996–2003)
1356:(1992–1994)
1340:(1980–1990)
1332:(1976–1979)
1330:Joe Girardi
1324:(1963–1975)
1322:James Irick
1316:(1946–1962)
1308:(1943–1945)
1300:(1940–1942)
1298:Emil Liston
1292:(1938–1939)
1284:(1920–1937)
1282:Emil Liston
1268:(1916–1918)
1252:(1913–1914)
1244:(1910–1912)
1228:(1894–1908)
1204:(1890–1891)
503:World War I
410:Early years
1676:Categories
1614:Jim Garner
1598:Dick Young
1590:Floyd Gass
1492:John Smith
1346:Dan Harris
1314:Karl Spear
1059:References
552:Later life
396:Stillwater
151:1887-09-05
82:newspapers
1582:Henry Iba
1124:March 19,
1088:March 20,
593:Wrestling
566:Henry Iba
371:wrestling
270:Wrestling
268:136-5-4 (
246:1915–1933
221:1916–1940
216:Wrestling
206:1913–1914
1656:(2021– )
1484:Joe Seay
1396:(2023– )
1047:See also
674:no team
657:no team
454:coaching
427:football
400:Oklahoma
201:Football
1502:(2024-)
1306:No team
1226:No team
1031:10-0-0
450:wrestle
382:anatomy
265:Overall
96:scholar
1364:(1995)
1348:(1991)
1276:(1919)
1260:(1915)
1236:(1909)
1220:(1893)
1212:(1892)
1014:6-0-0
997:9-0-0
980:6-1-1
966:T-2nd
963:7-0-1
946:8-0-0
929:8-0-0
915:T-1st
912:7-0-1
895:7-1-0
878:7-0-0
861:7-0-0
844:6-0-0
827:6-0-0
810:9-0-0
793:6-0-0
776:5-0-0
759:4-0-0
742:5-0-0
725:5-0-0
708:3-2-0
691:3-0-0
640:2-0-1
623:0-1-0
575:Honors
487:Kansas
471:degree
420:Kansas
350:(1976)
340:Awards
177:, U.S.
160:, U.S.
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722:1922
705:1921
688:1920
671:1919
654:1918
637:1917
620:1916
603:Year
431:track
416:Perth
374:coach
210:Baker
103:JSTOR
89:books
1126:2013
1090:2013
1034:1st
1017:1st
1000:1st
983:1st
949:1st
932:1st
898:2nd
881:1st
864:1st
847:1st
830:1st
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626:N/A
429:and
386:NCAA
333:1940
329:1939
325:1938
321:1937
317:1935
313:1934
309:1933
305:1931
301:1930
297:1929
293:1928
287:11x
165:Died
145:Born
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