Allie Morrison

Allie Morrison (June 29, 1904 – April 18, 1966) was an American wrestler World and Olympic champion. Morrison competed at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, where he received a gold medal in freestyle featherweight. [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=9&sp=WRE "1928 Summer Olympics – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Wrestling"] – "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on April 28, 2008)] Morrison's two victories over Kustaa Pihlajamaki,of a total of 6 straight at the games, distinguishes him as the only competitor in freestyle wrestling at those games to defeat a defending champion. Pihlajamaki was one of supreme breed of athlete, a wrestler who achieved 2 olympic golds and 1 silver, over the course of his career:the silver being the result of his loss to Allie Morrison.Olympic champions are the official World Wrestling Champions in an Olympic Games Year, as, by agreement with FILA, no other World Championship takes place during such a year. Morrison also captured 3 successive USA, National Wrestling Championships, and had an almost perfect career record with merely 1 contest loss.

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