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RIP Mid South Wrestling's Danny Hodge
Posted on 12/27/20 at 12:43 am
Posted on 12/27/20 at 12:43 am
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Regarded as one of the best amateur wrestlers of all-time in addition to an extensive pro wrestling career, Danny Hodge passed away at the age of 88 on Christmas day.
While the cause of death isn't known yet, he had been battling dementia for several years. He and his wife had three children.
The Perry, Oklahoma, native was a member of the Professional Hall of Fame; the International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame; the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for both amateur and pro wrestling, the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame (1996), and more. He also earned the Cauliflower Alley Club lifetime achievement award (2004) and the Lou Thesz Award (2007).
The Oklahoma state wrestling champion went to the University of Oklahoma and amassed a sterling 46-0 record with three Big Seven titles, and three NCAA titles at 177 pounds. He was never even taken off his feet as a college wrestler, an incredible feat. The annual award given to the NCAA's best wrestler every year is named after him.
He competed at two Olympics, winning the silver medal in Australia in 1956. He later tried his hand at boxing, amassing a winning record in both the amateurs and pros.
Known for abnormal hand strength due to being born to two sets of tendons in his hands, he went into the pro wrestling world following training from Leroy McGuirk and Ed "Strangler" Lewis, debuting in the fall of 1959 and become a major star, especially in the McGuirk's midwest territory and in the parts of the southern U.S. He held the NWA junior heavyweight title eight times, won several NWA Tri-State titles, and others, including in Japan.
His career ended in 1976 after a car accident nearly cost him his life.
Dave Meltzer will have more on Hodge's life and career later today.
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Hodge, then aged 80, crushing an apple with one hand at the Oklahoma House of Representatives in May 2013
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Posted on 12/27/20 at 12:48 am to Jim Rockford
Hodge was well before my time but RIP
Mid South wrestling
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This post was edited on 12/27/20 at 12:49 am
Posted on 12/27/20 at 1:16 am to Jim Rockford
quote:Poor man. Rest In Peace, sir.
he had been battling dementia for several years
Posted on 12/27/20 at 6:04 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 12/27/20 at 7:55 am to Jim Rockford
Isnt he the one who bit the junkyard dog on the neck multiple times causing jyd to have an aneurysm and pass out?
Posted on 12/27/20 at 8:03 am to Jim Rockford
Saw him wrassle in the Monroe Civic Center all the time in the late 70's. Now that I think of it, he was always on the card it seems
Posted on 12/27/20 at 8:36 am to Jim Rockford
I remember him from the early-mid 1960s. He was one of the “good guys” who often was pitted against The Great Bolo and/or The Mighty Bolo individually or on Tag Teams. I liked when he partnered up with Irish Mike Clancy.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 8:51 am to Jim Rockford
quote:I got a lifetime’s worth in personal use out of the one set I have in my hands when I was thirteen.
Known for abnormal hand strength due to being born to two sets of tendons in his hands,
I’d have died of dehydration if I’d have had two sets.
RIP to the old rasslin’ dude.
Posted on 12/27/20 at 8:52 am to Jim Rockford
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Posted on 12/27/20 at 9:24 am to Jim Rockford
Hodge was tough as nails. As a collegiate wrestler he was never taken off his feet.
In 1976 he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his VW into a Louisiana creek. He broke his neck and went face first into the dashboard and smashed out several teeth. The car sank into 9 feet of water. He managed to pull himself out through a broken window and made it to the bank.
In 1976 he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his VW into a Louisiana creek. He broke his neck and went face first into the dashboard and smashed out several teeth. The car sank into 9 feet of water. He managed to pull himself out through a broken window and made it to the bank.
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