Col. Nick Mauldin will always live amongst the greats in Army West Point wrestling history. A poster in the team's Arvin Gymnasium workout facility shows him atop the winners' podium, beaming as he holds his hardware after besting the nation's top-ranked wrestler, who just happened to be a Navy Midshipman.
"Going in there I had wrestled him two times before," recalls Mauldin. "He had beat me both times. The first time, when I was a Plebe, he beat me pretty handily. The second time he took me down in my Yearling year in the last 10 seconds. Going into the Eastern Tournament, he was seeded No.