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[1] [2] He attended Omaha North High School in Omaha, participating in football, wrestling, and track. [1] [3] He averaged 10.4 yards per carry in football and also set the Metropolitan Conference record for most touchdowns per game. [3] Davis was a two-time state champion in wrestling as well and was named the Omaha World-Herald athlete of the ...
The American Wrestling Association's Omaha version of their World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by promoters in and around the city from 1957 through 1964. Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, an early wrestling great, lived in Omaha until his death in 2013. Other wrestling figures, including Tony Osborne ...
Jerry Murtaugh was born April 30, 1948, in Omaha, Nebraska. Murtaugh attended Omaha North High School, where he was a star wrestler, winning a Nebraska state wrestling championship. [1] He also was an outfielder on the school baseball team, and played fullback [2] and linebacker for the North High football squad. [3]
The newspaper was the world's last to print both daily morning and afternoon editions, a practice it ended in March 2016. [3]The World-Herald was the largest employee-owned newspaper in the United States from 1979 until 2011: Omaha construction magnate Peter Kiewit bought the newspaper and its television station, the local ABC affiliate, in 1962 for $40.1 million from Omaha-based World ...
The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship sanctioned by a group of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) promoters led by the NWA affiliate in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
During the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, Allred made it to the semifinals before matching up against No. 1 ranked Aaron Brooks. Brooks defeated Allred by major decision , sending him to the consolation semifinal round to face Luke Geog. [ 34 ] Against Geog, Allred scored a takedown in the second period, appearing to unintentionally ...
The Devaney Center opened in 1976 with a capacity of 13,595, replacing the Nebraska Coliseum as the primary home venue for Nebraska's men's and women's basketball programs. . Initially called the NU Sports Complex, it was later named for College Football Hall of Fame head coach Bob Devaney, who led Nebraska's football program to two national championships and served as athletic director for ...
Joe Stecher (April 4, 1893 – March 29, 1974), sometimes spelled Joe Stetcher, was an American professional wrestler and three-time World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Known for his ferocity, tremendous leg strength and extensive knowledge of the sport, Stecher is considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.