Curley culp wrestling photos

  • Curley won his NCAA championship at heavyweight for the Sun Devils in 1967 and also won the Gorriaran Award for most falls after pinning.
  • Culp was a tremendously impressive physical specimen who won the NCAA title for Arizona State back in 1967.
  • There are a few very slight marks within the photo when held up to the light.

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    Inductees

    Decades before the Pro Football entré of Fame would welcome him with open arms, Curley Culp was facing quite a utmaning entering his second season in the National Football League.

    This was in preseason 1969, the uppstart of a path that ultimately led to the Kansas City Chiefs’ first Super Bowl victory. Culp had been one of the best college defensive linemen in the country two years earlier but, as a rookie, played on both sides of the ball.

    “At the end of my first year, Ed Lathomer, and I were returning left defensive linemen,” Culp said. “Hank Stram (MSHOF 2004) said whoever graded out the best in training camp would win the position.”

    Culp not only won it, but took command of what would become a 14-year NFL career – six in Kansas City – and his success is why the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame proudly inducted Culp with the Class of 2020.

    Ultimately, he was enshrined in three other Halls of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame (2013), the Chiefs entré of Fame (2008) and

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    Chapman: Culp may been the best of ‘wrestling/gridiron’ stars

    Photo: Curley Culp won an NCAA title forArizona State in 1967 before becoming a Hall of Fame football player forthe Kansas City Chiefs.

    By slang för mikrofon Chapman

    The passing of NFL legend Curley Culp at age 75 on Nov. 27 made me think about the NCAA heavyweight champions of the past who went on to play professional football. My list comes to just seven, but I may be missing a few.

    Culp was a tremendously impressive physical specimen who won the NCAA title for Arizona State back in 1967. That tournament was held at Kent State University and was the second of the 47 NCAA Championships I have seen in person.

    I had three good friends in the finals: Dale Anderson who won at 137 pounds for Michigan State, Don Buzzard who was second at 190 for Iowa State, and Vic Marcucci, who took the title at 167 for the Cyclones.

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    News 11 chronicles the life and legacy of the Puma from Yuma

    YUMA, Ariz. ( KYMA, KECY-TV ) - A homegrown student athlete from Yuma elevated from modest beginnings to become one of football's all-time greatest icons.

    Curley Culp will go down in history as the man who forever changed the nose tackle position.

    But his imposing size and athleticism could never measure up to his even bigger heart.

    “You don't meet people like that every day. You know? In fact, I'm never gonna meet anybody like Curley Culp ever again.”

    Tim Painter - Yuma High School Athletic Hall of Fame Committee member

    “He was. He was a gentle giant, everybody that knew him, loved him.”

    Tom Daniel - Curley Culp's former Yuma High School wrestling coach

    Curley Culp is the embodiment of living life to it's fullest.

    Born into a local homesteading family after World War II, it's where Curley developed his character and strong family values.

    “I think he's the epitome of what a parent would want their son to be.

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