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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 28, 1943 Cresco, Iowa, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | |||||||||||||||||
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Tom Peckham (born December 28, 1943) is an American former wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 87 kg at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [1] He wrestling collegiately for the Iowa State Cyclones, where he was a two-time NCAA champion and three-time All-American. In 2004, Peckham was a National Wrestling Hall of Fame Glen Brand inductee. [2]
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