A buddy of mine texted me a question about Steve Hamilton today and I've struck out in finding the answer. He was reading Hamilton's Iowa Wrestling HOF bio and noticed that he won his two state titles in '85 and '87. We were trying to think of who would've upset him in '86, but then my buddy said he saw something that made it look like he didn't qualify.
Can anybody shed any light on this one? Did he get upset before state or was he hurt? TIA.
Sidenote after looking back..the top of the class 2A podium in '86 was freaking loaded. Kent Streicher won his 1st of 3 titles, then it went Brands, Brands, Kelber (6 NCAA titles.) After Stacy Rice's 1st of 3 titles, you had Jake Marlin's old man then Doug Streicher (NCAA AA), Mark Reiland (NCAA champ) and Jim Guyer who I believe wrestled at Clemson. Add in Steffensmeier, Knight, and Chelsvig from class 3A and whoever else I've missed and it had to be a fun tournament to watch with a LOT of high end talent (even though most of them ended up at Iowa.)
Can anybody shed any light on this one? Did he get upset before state or was he hurt? TIA.
Sidenote after looking back..the top of the class 2A podium in '86 was freaking loaded. Kent Streicher won his 1st of 3 titles, then it went Brands, Brands, Kelber (6 NCAA titles.) After Stacy Rice's 1st of 3 titles, you had Jake Marlin's old man then Doug Streicher (NCAA AA), Mark Reiland (NCAA champ) and Jim Guyer who I believe wrestled at Clemson. Add in Steffensmeier, Knight, and Chelsvig from class 3A and whoever else I've missed and it had to be a fun tournament to watch with a LOT of high end talent (even though most of them ended up at Iowa.)