Dan Hodge

Name: Dan Hodge
Birth Name: Daniel Allen Hodge
Hometown: Wichita, Kansas, USA
Birthplace: Perry, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 2020-12-24 (Age:88)
Stance: Orthodox
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: George Gainford
Photo of Hodge with Jack Dempsey: 12 May 1958

• Undefeated over 4 years as High School wrestler
• Wrestled at University of Oklahoma, winning 3 NCAA freestyle titles and going 46-0 in collegiate matches -- and was never taken down in his career!
• On US Olympic Wrestling Team, 1952 (5th place at Olympics, 177 pounds)
• Lost US Olympic Trials, 1956, but added to team. Won silver medal at Olympics, 177 lbs.
• Won the Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions, at heavyweight, March 5,1958 over Louis Coleman by decision.
• Won the Intercity Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship, Mar 24, 1958, by ko over Charles Hood at 2.23 of the second. Video:[1]
• Amateur boxing record 17-0, 12 kayos
• Wrestled professionally after boxing career ended, holding NWA Jr. Heavyweight Title circa 1963, and was a 5-time USA Tag Team Champion; fought Lou Thesz for Heavy title in Jan 1963, each winning a fall but time running out in third match
• Since 1995, the NCAA has given an annual "Dan Hodge Award" to the nation's top wrestler, the sport's equivalent of the Heisman Trophy in football
• Hodge was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame 1n 2007
• As of July 2009 was the chairman of the Oklahoma Professional Boxing Commission, which regulates professional boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts in Oklahoma.

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Preceded by: Joe Hemphill	Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions Heavyweight Champion 1958	Succeeded by: Jimmy Jones
Preceded by: Joe Hemphill	Intercity Golden Gloves Heavweight Champion 1958	Succeeded by: Sylvester Banks

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