Oklahoma A&M Myron Willis Roderick (September 15, 1934 – December 28, 2011) was an American

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, college

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, and college athletics administrator. As a wrestler in college, he was a three-time

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n and two-time NCAA Wrestling national champion. He competed at the

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. As a wrestling coach at

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, Roderick introduced recruiting on a major scale in the sport of wrestling. Oklahoma State would win seven team NCAA Championships while he was head coach. Roderick also established the foundation of what is now

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. In 1976, Roderick was inducted into the inaugural class of the

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as a Distinguished Member.Myron Roderick
''National Wrestling Hall of Fame''. Retrieved September 19, 2022.

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