High School Wrestling: What Elite Wrestlers Know and You Don't
Pudge The Olympic champion wrestler Dave Schultz was known as "Pudge" in wrestling circles. He was a little bit chubby in his younger days. In fact, Dave's friend Steve Holt stated in an article that Dave was a complete butterball with no well-defined muscles when in high school. He claims that Dave would often be mistaken for a score keeper or a trainer. Steve first met Dave at a weekend tournament that Steve was wrestling in during his high school years. Steve states, "I noticed this fat, pudgy freshman kid sitting in the bleachers observing me during each fight fans round. He was watching and studying me like a scientist does with a white lab rat in a maze. I believe he was even taking down notes!" According to Jim Humphrey, former head coach at Indiana University, "He didn't look like an athlete, with his slumped shoulders, shuffling gait, and being pigeon-toed. He wasn't particularly fast." So, what set Dave "Pudge" Schultz ...