The Dream Team of 1947 by Arno Niemand is now a Book, Niemand Talks to TDR TV

Posted on | October 19, 2010 | 2 Comments

Every once in a while in the world of sport we are reminded about why we care. Arno Niemand’s new book, “The Dream Team of 1947” tells the story of how a small Iowa College upset all the major powers to win the NCAA Wrestling Championships in 1947.

Niemand, a 14 year old school boy in 1948 recalls the tattered cover of the Life Magazine in his coaches office dated February 23 rd. The article was about then Cornell College Coach Paul K. Scott’s improbable rise to the top in college sports most difficult competition, wrestling.

Niemand’s new book will be available in time for Christmas and is a must read for all coaches and athletes in every sport. The Book again is “The Dream Team of 1947” by Arno Niemand
Available through the Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa.

http://www.wrestlingmuseum.org/