AAU NATIONAL FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIPS Freestyle Champions, 1889-1982 This list of national AAU Champions includes every man who ever won that title in any weight class since the organization of amateur wrestling in 1888 to date. It will be noted that the weight classes have changed at various times, usually corresponding with Olympic years, when the weight classes are made to correspond with the metric weights used in the Olympics. This list is divided into two sections, catch-as-catch-can champions (1888-1921) and freestyle champions (1922 to date). Don Sayenga, historian Catch-as-can-can champions, 108-lb 1888-1921 1913 G. Taylor (Newark NTV) 1914 R. Goudie (Ohio Lima YMCA) 1915 R. Goudie (Ohio Lima YMCA) 105-lb class 1916 G. Taylor (Newark NTV) 1889 J.B. Reilly (ACSN) 1917C. Benson (Swedish American AC, 1890 J.B. Reilly (ACSN) New York) 1891 F. Bertsch (AAC) 1918 J. Meagher (Indiana Gary 1893 C. Monnypenny (PASC) YMCA) 1894 R. Bonnett (Newark NTV) 1919 J. Meagher (Indiana Gary 1895 J. Hiliah (Allegheny AC) YMCA) 1896 H. Cotter (Bay Ridge AC) 1920 C. Benson (Swedish American 1897 G.W. Owens (Pittsburgh AC) AC, New York) 1899 W. Nelson (St. George’s Club, 1921 C. Benson (Swedish American New York) AC, New York) 1900 W. Nelson (St. George’s Club, New York) 115-lb 1901 W. Karl (Metropolitan AC) 1888 J. Steil (NTV) 1902 W. Karl (Metropolitan AC) 1889 F. Mueller (NTV) 1903 R. Curry (New York) 1890 F. Mueller (NTV) 1904 R. Curry (New York) 1891 E. Beck (STV) 1905 J. Hein (Ave. A. Boys’ Club, 1893 J. Holt (PASC) New York) 1894 F. Bertsch (NTV) 1906 W. Lott (Mohawk AC) 1895 M. Kerwin (Kinglsey AC) 1907 G. Taylor (Newark NTV) 1896 R. Bonnett (Newark NTV) 1908 R. Schwartz (New York Boys’ 1897 R. Bonnett (Newark NTV) Club) 1899 R. Bonnett (Newark NTV) 1909 G. Taylor (Newark NTV) 1900 J. Renzland (St. George’s Club, 1910 G. Taylor (Newark NTV) New York) 1911 H. Donaldson (Spoakane AC) 1901 G. Owens (Verner AC) 1912 G. Taylor (Newark NTV) 1902 G. Mehnert (Newark NTV) 1903 G. Mehnert (Newark NTV) 135-lb class 1904 G. Mehnert (Newark NTV) 1889 M. Luttbeg (NYTV) 1905 G. Bauer (Newark NTV) 1891 A. Ullman (WAA) 1906 G. Bauer (Newark NTV) 1893 C. Clark (PASC) 1907 G. Bauer (Newark NTV) 1894 A. Lippman (St. George’s Club, 1908 G. Mehnert (Newark NTV) New York) 1909 G. Bauer (Newark NTV) 1895 J. McGrew (Pittsburgh) 1910 J. Hein (New York Boys’ Club) 1896 A. Ullman (Brooklyn) 1911 N. Chapman (San Francisco 1897 H. Wolff (Quaker AC) Olympic Club) 1899 M. Wiley (Rochester) 1912 W. Strohback (Unat) 1900 M. Wiley (Rochester) 1913 J. Hein (New York Boys’ Club) 1901 M. Wiley (Rochester) 1914 J. Vorhes (Hull House Chigaco) 1902 F. Cook (Newark NTV) 1915 F. Glahe (Spokane AC) 1903 B. Bradshaw (New York Boys’ 1916 K. Borsits (Indiana Gary YMCA) Club) 1917 L. Servais (Pennsylvania U) 1904 B. Bradshaw (New York Boys’ 1918 V. Vosen (unat) Club) 1919 M. Gans (Morris AC) 1905 I. Niflot (St. George’s AC) 1920 S. Pammow (Chicago HI) 1906 A. Rubin (Grace AC) 1921 J. Troyer (Redlands U) 1907 B. Bradshaw (New York Boys’ 125-lb class Club) 1893 W. Troelsch (PASC) 1908 G. Dole (Yale) 1894 W. Reilly (MAA) 1909 S. Fleischer (EA) 1895 W. Reilly (MAA) 1910 S. Kennedy (Chicago Lincloln 1896 E. Harris (New York) TV) 1897 A. Meanwell (New York) 1911 O. Franzke (Oregon Multnomah 1899 M. Wiley (RAC) AAC) 1900 A. Kurtzman (New York) 1912 E. Helikman (EA) 1901 I. Niflot (Pastime NY) 1913 A. Anderson (Norwegian 1902 I. Niflot (Pastime NY) American AC) 1903 I. Niflot (Pastime NY) 1914 H. Jenkins (Pittsburgh AC) 1904 I. Niflot (Pastime NY) 1915 A. Runchey (Seattle) 1905 G. Mehnert (Newark NTV) 1916 W. Hallas (Chicago) 1906 G. Mehnert (Newark NTV) 1917 P. Metropoulos (Indiana Gary 1907 G. Dole (Yale) YMCA) 1908 L. Dole (Yale) 1918 S. Vorhes (Chicago) 1909 L. Ruggiero (Grace AC) 1919 B. Johnson (Birmingham AC) 1910 M. Himmelhoch (Michigan) 1920 G. Metropoulos (Indiana Gary 1911 G. Bauer (Newark NTV) YMCA) 1912 G.Bauer (Newark NTV) 1921 J. Hummerich (Los Angeles AC) 1913 V. Vosen (Bronx, NY) 1914 S. Vorhes ( Hull House) 145-lb class 1915 S. Vorhes (Chicago) 1897 W. Riggs (Philadelphia) 1916 C. Liljehult (New York) 1899 M. Wiley (Rochester) 1917 C. Liljehult (New York) 1900 M. Wiley (Rochester) 1918 J. Felios (Chicago) 1901 M. Wiley (Rochester) 1919 M. Gans (Morris AC) 1902 N. Nelson (Pastime) 1920 A. Callas (Chicago) 1903 M. Yokel (Pastime) 1921 R. Reed (Oregon Agricultural C) 1904 O. Roehm (Buffalo YMCA) 1905 R. Testing (New York) 1914 B. Reubin (HI Chicago) 1906 C. Clapper (New York) 1915 B. Reubin (HI Chicago) 1907 Richard Jaeckel (New York) 1916 W. Americus (Greek American 1908 M. Wiley (GAAC) AC) 1909 C. Johnson (Swedish American 1917 C. Johnson (Boston) AC) 1918 Stephensen (Great Lakes NS) 1910 C. Johnson (Swedish American 1919 G. Tragos (Indiana Gary YMCA) AC) 1920 E. Leino (NYAC) 1911 W. Michewski (Chicago David 1921 C. Johnson (Boston Park) 175-lb class 1912 Gus Peterson (Harlem YMCA) 1913 J. Vargas (Lenox Hill NY) 1913 C. Johnson (NYAC) 1914 E. Caddock (Chicago) 1914 H. Jenkins (Pittsburgh AC) 1915 E. Caddock (Chicago) 1915 D. Burns (Spokane AC) 1916 N. Pendleton (NYAC) 1916 L. Nelson (Norwegian American 1917 D. Very (Pittsburgh) AC) 1918 K. Kunert (Indiana Gary YMCA) 1917 H. Jenkins (Pittsburgh AC) 1919 K. Kunert (Indiana Gary YMCA) 1918 A. Forst (GINS) 1920 K. Kunert (Indiana Gary YMCA) 1919 G. Smith (Indiana Gary YMCA) 1921 F. Meyer (Chicago) 1920 W. Tikka (Finnish American Heavyweight class AC) 1892 Taylor Sharp (PASC) 1921 R. Vis (Los Angeles AC) 1895 W.D. Osgood (Pennsylvania) 158-lb 1904 B. Hansen (Norwegian Turn) 1888 Dr. Shell (ACSN) 1905 B. Hansen (Norwegian Turn) 1889 M. Lau (VBC) 1906 J. McAfee (Chigaco) 1890 G. Hoskins (ACSN) 1907 J. Gundersen (Dovre SP) 1891 P. Von Boeckman (St. George’s 1908 J. Gundersen (Dovre SP) AC) 1909 E. Payne (New Westside AC) 1893 W. Osgood (PASC) 1910 F. Motis (Cornell Square AC, 1894 F. Ellis (PASC) Chicago) 1895 C. Reinicke (CTV) 1911 H. Grimm (Seattle) 1896 A. Ullman (New York) 1912 A. Kaino (Finnish American AC) 1897 D. Chesterman (Quaker AC) 1913 J. Gunderson (Norwegian 1899 A. Mellinger (New York) American AC) 1900 M. Wiley (Rochester) 1914 A. Minkley (Bankers) 1901 J. Schmucker (Vernor AC) 1915 E. Caddock (Chicago) 1902 J. Schmucker (Vernor AC) 1916 S. Swartz (New Haven) 1903 W. Beckman (WSY, NY) 1917 D. Very (Pittsburgh AC) 1904 C. Erikson (Norwegian TS) 1918 K. Kunert (Indiana Gary YMCA) 1905 W. Schaefer (NTV) 1919 S. Czarnecke (Indiana Gary 1906 J. McAfee (Chicago Central YMCA) YMCA) 1920 N. Pendleton (NYAC) 1907 F. Narganes (NYAC) 1921 F. Meyer (Chicago) 1908 C. Anderson (Boston 1909 F. Narganes (NYAC) 1910 F. Narganes (NYAC) 1911 C. Gesek (Spokane AC) 1912 J. Smith (NYAC) 1913 J. Smith (NYAC) 1926 112 L. Lupton (Cornell C) 118 C. Mitchell (Multnomah) Freestyle champions, 1922 to 1961 125.5 H. Boyvey (Iowa State) 135 A. Morrison (Illinois) 1922 147.5 R. Myers (Multnomah) 118 V. Vosen (Chicago) 160 R. Hammonds (Texas) 125.5 Achilles Callas (Chicago) 174 F. Bryan (Oregon) 135 Robin Reed (Oregon) UNL C. Strack (Oklahoma) 147.5 Russell Vis (Los Angeles) 1927 160 E. Wolf (New 112 L. Pfeffer (Iowa) Hampshire) 118 L. Lake (Oklahoma) 174 Paul Berlenbach (NYAC) 125.5 H. Boyvey (Iowa State) 191.5 Fred Meyer (Chicago) 135 A. Morrison (Illinois) UNL Fred Meyer (Chicago) 147.5 R. Prunty (Ames, IA) 160 F. Collins (Oklahoma 1923 A&M) 112 R. Rowsey (Indiana) 174 G. Rule (Oklahoma 118 I. Servais (NYAC) A&M) 125.5 A. Callas (Chicago) UNL R. Flanders (Oklahoma 135 J. Vorhes (Chicago) A&M) 147 R. Vis (Los Angeles) 160 E. Leino (NYAC) 1928 174 P. Berlenbach (NYAC) 112 G. Rosenberg (Iowa Falls UNL K. Lappanen (Finish HS) American AC) 123 R. Hewitt (Michigan) 135 A. Morrison (Illinois) 1924 147.5 C. Berryman (Oklahoma 112 R. Rowsey (Indiana) A&M) 123 B. Hines (Norwestern) 160 L. Appleton (Cornell C) 135 R. Reed (Oregon) 174 R. Hammonds (Texas U) 147 R. Vis (Los Angeles) 191.5 E. Edwards (Navy) 160 P. Martter (Los Angeles) UNL E. George (Michigan) 174 W. Wright (New York) 191.5 Ch. Strack (Colgate) 1929 UNL R. Flanders (unat) 112 G. Shoemaker (Lehigh) 118 T. McCrary (Cornell C) 1925 125.5 G. Campbell (Oklahoma) 112 H. DeMarsh (Oklahoma) 135 J. Earickson (Baltimore)1 118 G. Campbell (Oklahoma) 147.5 A. Tomlinson 125.5 B. Patterson (Oklahoma) (Oklahoma) 135 L. Brigham (Oklahoma) 160 B. Sherman (Multnomah 147.5 K. Truckenmiller 174 K. Krough (Chicago) (Cornell C) UNL E. George (Michigan) 160 R. Hammonds (Texas) 174 O. Stuteville (Oklahoma) UNL R. Kruse (Multnomah) 1930 135 R. Rasor (Oklahoma) 112 H. Phillips (NYAC) 147.5 L. Tomlinson (Central 118 B. Pearce (Oklahoma) State) 125.5 J. Reed (NYAC) 155 Frank Lewis (Oklahoma) 135 Z. Letowt (NYAC) 160.5 O. England (Southwest 147.5 O. Kapp (NYAC) State C) 160 J. Van Bebber 174 L. Ricks (Oklahoma) (Oklahoma) UNL R. Teague (Southwest 174 G. Stafford (NYAC) State C) UNL E. McCready (Oklahoma) 1936 1931 112 C.E. Ritchie (California) 114.5 J. Sapora (NYAC) 118 J. McDaniels (Oklahoma) 125.5 R.Pearce (Oklahoma) 123 R. Flood (Oklahoma) 135 L. Morford (Cornell C) 135 F. Parkey (Oklahoma) 147.5 A. Tomlinson 147.5 L. Fegg (Oklahoma) (Oklahoma) 158 G. Belshaw (Indiana) 155 O. Kapp (NYAC) 174 R. Voliva (Chicago) 160.5 J.