• New Jersey State Champ and HS National Champ

• Syracuse University’s 1st 4 time All American

• 2 time NCAA Champion

• voted outstanding wrestler NCAA’s

• Division I NCAA career pin record of 107 pins

• 3 time World Cup Champion

• 1980 World Super Champion in Japan and voted the Outstanding Wrestler

• 1980 Tbilisi (USSR) Champion and voted the Outstanding Wrestler

• Cerra Pellado Champion in Cuba and voted the Outstanding Wrestler

• Roger Goulon Champion in France and voted the Outstanding Wrestler

• Rokoczi Cup Champ in Hungary and voted the Outstanding Wrestler

• 1980 US Olympian and voted the “Athlete of the Year” by the US Olympic Committee

• Career record of 1356-46-1

• Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma

March 6, 1981 article by Bob Snyder of the Syracuse Post-Standard: