University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
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.
Hunt, who died at 64 in 1973, was inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.
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