Steve Combs | |
Collegeteam: | Iowa |
Country: | United States |
Team: | USA |
Club: | Mayor Daley Youth Foundation |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Event: | Freestyle and Folkstyle |
Birth Date: | 22 July 1941 |
Birth Place: | Moline, Illinois, U.S. |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Steve Combs (born July 22, 1941) is an American wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 78 kg at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1] Combs wrestled collegiately at Iowa, where he was a Big Ten champion and NCAA runner-up. He helped play a major role in growing USA Wrestling and was later a successful high school coach in Deerfield, Illinois. In 1985, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[2]