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William Smith

1928 - 2018

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William T. Smith (September 17, 1928 – March 20, 2018) was an American wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling at the 1952 Olympic Games. Smith was born in Portland, Oregon and graduated from Thomas Jefferson Senior High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He then enrolled at Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa), where Smith won back-to-back NCAA wrestling titles at 165 pounds in 1949 and 1950. As a team, Iowa State Teachers College finished as NCAA Runners-Up in 1949 and NCAA Champions in 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Smith is the 304th most popular wrestler (down from 206th in 2019), the 10,355th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,277th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, William Smith ranks 304 out of 1,027. Before him are Pelle Svensson, Mitsuo Ikeda, Ken Shamrock, Tyler Reks, Ferenc Kocsis, and Kiyomi Kato. After him are Matt Sydal, Georgi Markov, Teddy Riner, Boris Gurevich, Deuce, and Kevin Von Erich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, William Smith ranks 521. Before him are Gino Munaron, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Russell Mockridge, Douglas Rain, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, and Sheila Lerwill. After him are Stig Sjölin, René Vautier, Jean-François Deniau, Olle Larsson, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, and Gertrude Liebhart. Among people deceased in 2018, William Smith ranks 482. Before him are Peter Sutherland, Momoko Sakura, Luisa Cuesta, Hugh Wilson, Naftali Bon, and Thomas Bopp. After him are László Fábián, Emil Wolf, Anatoly Lein, Reg E. Cathey, Branko Grünbaum, and Bud Luckey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Smith ranks 10,357 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Hillman (1944), Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Jon Tenney (1961), Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1963), Laz Alonso (1974), and Stacy Valentine (1970). After him are Elihu B. Washburne (1816), James M. Kelly (1964), Steven Sotloff (1983), Nicholas Meyer (1945), Mia Sara (1967), and Aaron Lewis (1972).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, William Smith ranks 127. Before him are Bianca Belair (1989), Jim Duggan (1954), Vickie Guerrero (1968), Jon Heidenreich (1972), Ken Shamrock (1964), and Tyler Reks (1978). After him are Matt Sydal (1983), Kevin Von Erich (1957), D-Von Dudley (1972), Rick Rude (1958), Mr. Fuji (1934), and Don Frye (1965).

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