#76 Alan Fried - NCAA Champion and "The Best High School Wrestler of All Time"

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 25 November 2019

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Alan Fried is considered by many to be the best high school wrestler of all time, winning 3 Ohio State titles and 4 Junior National titles. During high school he had an encounter with the Brands’ brothers, beating both and teching Tom Brands. Once Fried got to college, he made the NCAA finals 2x for Oklahoma State before winning the NCAA crown his senior year. During college, his rivalry with Tom Brands continued, as they wrestled 7x. In this episode we talk about: --The Brands Rivalry --Wrestling John Smith in high school and taking him down! --Wrestling at OSU during a turbulent time --Training with the Hawkeye Wrestling Club after the 96 Olympics

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling changed my life. Here we go.
0:03.6	I wanted to make the Olympic team at 16 years old.
0:07.0	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:15.0	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:17.0	I would say nothing in life has impacted me
0:20.0	or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:25.0	Toughness. Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:28.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:34.0	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned through the sport of wrestling.
0:44.0	For me, you wrestle in my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
0:50.0	We're fortunate if you wrestle because if you wrestle
0:54.4	natural talent helps but it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:05.0	It humbled me.
1:07.0	Thought me humility.
1:08.0	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:11.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:17.0	You know, if I look back my time, I spent wrestling. If it gave me one thing more than anything else that's been toughness.
1:24.0	Ladies and gents, welcome back to wrestling changed my life.
1:28.0	This is your host Ryan Warner.
1:29.0	My guest today is Alan Freed, who was a former NCAA champion for Oklahoma State.
1:35.8	But before that, had a high school career that's considered by many as the greatest high school
1:40.6	wrestling career of all time. He was a four time junior national
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