Joe Williams is a retired amateur American freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He won ten U.S. national, three consecutive NCAA and two Pan American Games titles, scored two bronze medals in the 74 and 76-kg division at the World Championships, and finished fifth at the 2004 Summer Olympics, considering one of the most decorated wrestling athletes in United States sporting history. A graduate of the University of Iowa, Williams has also served as a member of the wrestling squad for the Iowa Hawkeyes, and eventually worked as an assistant head coach for three consecutive seasons. In 2012, Williams launched his own youth wrestling academy in North Liberty, Iowa, where he has been currently appointed as the managing director and head coach. [More at Wikipedia]

November 26th, 1974 in Chicago (Age 49)