“Pick Billy Sheridan”

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1951 newspaper clipping

February 10, 1951 issue of the Nassau Review (Hempstead, NH) reports that Lehigh’s legendary wrestling coach William “Billy” Sheridan was selected as the coach in charge of the United States team in the Pan-American in Buenos Aires.

The Brown and White’s story states that Lehigh freshman Werner Seel qualified to be in the team along with Coach Sheridan. However, Seel chooses not to go “due to studies”:

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