Other Kansas Athletics
The Greatest Grappler
As a high school sophomore in Kinsley, Mehringer coached his school’s wrestling team to fourth-place finish in the 1927 state championship, where he himself won the individual title. Two years later, the ambitious youngster, hitchhiked to state.
In The Olympic Spotlight
During the summer of 1932 athletes from both Haskell University and KU represented Lawrence in the Summer Olympics.
