WRESTLERS HONORED BY SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S 50 GREATEST SPORTS FIGURES FROM EACH STATE 
 A total of 42 wrestling heroes have been honored as part of Sports Illustrated's special feature, "The 50 Greatest Sports Figures" of the century from each state. These lists of the top sports heroes were published in the December 27-January 3 issue of the magazine. 
 Wrestling legend Dan Gable of Iowa was recognized as the No. 1 sports figure of the century in his native Iowa. Two states recognized wrestlers with six of their 50 choices: Iowa and South Dakota. 
 Five other wrestling stars were selected as Top 10 choices within their state. They included Curley Culp (No. 3 in Arizona), Randy Lewis (No. 7 in South Dakota), Mike Young (No. 8 in Idaho), Jim Zalesky (No. 9 in Iowa) and Gene Davis (No. 9 in Montana). 
 A list of the wrestlers honored are listed below. To provide your feedback to Sports Illustrated for its selections, write: Editor, Sports Illustrated, Time and Life Building, New York, NY 10020-1393, or send an email to the editor to letters@si.timeinc.com 
 Alaska - 20. Mike Vania; 40. Mike Matson 
 Arizona - 3. Curley Culp; 49. Eddie Urbano 
 Idaho - 8. Mike Young; 16. Chris Owens 
 Iowa - 1. Dan Gable; 9. Jim Zalesky; 16. Terry and Tom Brands; 21. Harold Nichols; 27. Frank Gotch; 35. Glen Brand 
 Kansas - 44. Pete Mehringer 
 Minnesota - 24. Verne Gagne 
 Montana - 9. Gene Davis 
 Nevada - 17. Frank Hawkins 
 New Jersey - 23. Henry Wittenburg; 30. George Mehnert 
 Oklahoma - 16. John Smith; 26. Danny Hodge; 48. Port Robertson; 49. Ed Gallagher 
 Oregon - 21. Les Gutches; 41. Bill Smith; 42. Rick Sanders 
 South Dakota - 7. Randy Lewis; 31. Bill Scherr; 38. Jim Scherr; 42. Dennis Koslowski; 47. Lincoln McIlravy; 49. Kirk Wallman 
 Tennessee - 34. Charles McTorry 
 Vermont - 33. Karl Schleckman 
 Virginia - 33. Gray Simons 
 Wisconsin - 33. Ben Peterson; 42. John Peterson 
 Wyoming - 22. Rulon Gardner; 25. David Zuniga; 36. Rhondo Fehlberg; 38. Dick Ballinger