Chris Taylor (1999) - Hall of Fame - Iowa State Athletics

Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor

Wrestling
Dowagiac, Mich.

Competing in an era with no weight limitations, Taylor stood 6-foot-5 and weighed more than 400 pounds
Never lost a collegiate match (87-0-1) and won two NCAA Championships
Pinned 70 of his college foes and those victims lasted an average of 2:14 before being pinned
Set an NCAA record with 44 pins (in 48 matches) as a senior in 1973 when he was named Big Eight Athlete of the Year
Won a bronze medal in the 1972 Olympics in Munich after a highly controversial loss (3-2 to Soviet Alexender Medved) in the semi-finals
Taylor’s career winning percentage was 96% (239-10-1)