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Glen Brand

American wrestler (1923–2008)

Glen Brand

Personal information
Born	(1923-11-03)November 3, 1923 Clarion, Iowa, U.S.
Died	November 15, 2008(2008-11-15) (aged 85) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle and Folkstyle
College team	Iowa State
Team	USA
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1948 London 79 kg Collegiate Wrestling Representing the Iowa State Cyclones NCAA Championships 1948 Bethlehem 174 lb 1947 Champaign 175 lb 1946 Stillwater Heavyweight

Glen Brand (3 November 1923 – 15 November 2008) was an American wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. Brand competed in freestyle wrestling at the 1948 Summer OlympicsinLondon, where he received a gold medal in the middleweight (79 kg) class.^[1]

He was a raised in Clarion, Iowa and a graduate of Iowa State University. He was a three-time All-American for the Cyclones with an overall record of 54-3, earning a reputation as a fierce competitor and pinner. He was the first ISU athlete named to The Des Moines Register Sports Hall of Fame. In 1978, Brand was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.^[2]

A high school wrestling tournament is held each year in his hometown of Clarion, Iowa. He died in Omaha, Nebraska in 2008, at the age of 85.

The "Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa" began in 2002 and honors people connected to wrestling and Iowa.^[3] It is part of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa, which is operated by the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum.^[3] The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum, should not be confused with the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and MuseuminStillwater, Oklahoma.

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Glen Brand". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.
• Glen Brand at the International Wrestling Database
• Glen BrandatOlympedia
• Glen Brand at the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame

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