[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 78 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            88TH BIRTHDAY OF MILWAUKEE NATIVE LARRY LEDERMAN

 Mr. KOHL. Madam President, I rise here today to congratulate 
Milwaukee native Larry Lederman, who National Racquetball Magazine 
calls the ``founding father of modern racquetball'' and who recently 
celebrated his 88th birthday last month.
  Larry is a prominent figure not only in Wisconsin sports history, but 
in American sports history. In 1939 he was the best wrestler in America 
in his weight class and arguably the best wrestler in the world. Larry 
was named to six Hall or Wall of Fames, including the Wisconsin AAU 
Hall of Fame in 1995, and most recently was elected to the 
International Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
  Five years ago, the AAU selected Larry to give back the medals to the 
world's greatest athlete, Jim Thorpe, taken from him in 1918, at a 
special ceremony in Wisconsin.
  For 88 years Larry Lederman has provided us with many great memories 
and touched many lives, and it is my honor here today to celebrate his 
many achievements.

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