Fred Fozzard discusses winning World title in 1969 with Wrestling 411
August 4, 2009
The United States entered the World Championships for the first time in
1961, but it wasn’t until 1969 before an American won a World title.
Enter Oregonians Rick Sanders and Fred Fozzard. Both won World
Championships that year (Sanders at 114.5 and Fozzard at 180.5) and
both are credited with being the United States’ first World Champions.
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Wrestling 411 talked with Fozzard about the late Rick Sanders and
winning that first World title for the United States. Fozzard, who
suffered from polio as a youth and has a withered right arm as a
result, also addressed overcoming physical adversities in wrestling and
wrestling for Myron Roderick at Oklahoma State. Listen to what Fozzard
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