The Story of the only Texan to ever win an NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship — Bob Johnson

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by Jay Hammond

Bob Johnson of Oklahoma State may have been the shortest 177-pound champion in the history of the NCAA tournament. The Amarillo, Texas native won back-to-back titles at that weight class in 1961 and 1962 for the OSU squads that won team titles for coach Myron Roderick. Johnson is a rather unlikely looking champion in the group photo of the 1961 individual champions — he is wearing horn-rim glasses and shorter than everyone else in the back row except for teammate and 157-pound champion Phil Kinyon.

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