Briggs Hunt (1991) - Hall of Fame

Briggs Hunt

Induction:
1991

For 40 years, Briggs Hunt served UCLA as a student, faculty member, full professor, and internationally famous wrestling coach (he was the Bruins' coach for almost 30 years). A football quarterback and wrestling champion at UCLA in the 1930s, Hunt was a colonel in the army during World War II. He was an Olympic Games wrestling judge at Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, and in 1960, he was the U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman head coach in Rome. Hunt wrote four books on wrestling, including the only American book on Greco-Roman wrestling. All four books are considered classics in their field.

Hunt, who died at 64 in 1973, was inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.