Click here to play the interview with the real Dan Hodge at the Real Pro Wrestling event.
In 1995, WIN magazine and the International Wrestling Institute and Museum in Newton, Iowa, started the Dan Hodge Trophy. It is awarded each year to the top college wrestler of that season. It has been called “the Heisman Trophy of wrestling.”
If you haven’t read the Dan Hodge article in the “History of Wrestling “section on the gym page, click here.