Which US president was an accomplished wrestler and honored in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame?

When most people think about Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, many things come to mind. His signature stovepipe hat, his great height, the Emancipation Proclamation, and his assassination are just a few of the memorable things about this frontiersman president.

However, as it turns out, he was also an accomplished wrestler and is even honored in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

In an article by National Wrestling Hall of Fame director Bob Dellinger, Lincoln is reported to have been a fierce competitor in an anything-goes frontier style of wrestling called catch-as-catch-can, where brute strength was a great help in throwing competitors off their feet. It is sometimes likened more to hand-to-hand combat than to grappling.

In fact, Lincoln was such a talented wrestler, there is only one recorded instance of him losing in 12 years, according to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (NWHOF). It was to Hank Thompson in the final match to qualify for their regimental championship