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Coming to Grips with it. John Peterson of United States surprised his Olympic freestyle wrestling competition by beating Soviet Viktor Novojilov for t(...)
Coming to Grips with it. John Peterson of United States surprised his Olympic freestyle wrestling competition by beating Soviet Viktor Novojilov for t(...)

Coming to Grips with it. John Peterson of United States surprised his Olympic freestyle wrestling competition by beating Soviet Viktor Novojilov for t(...)

Date8/1/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Coming to Grips with it. John Peterson of United States surprised his Olympic freestyle wrestling competition by beating Soviet Viktor Novojilov for the gold medal. Here he's shown tangling with Mehmet Uzun of Turkey before going on to the final match.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0096698F
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