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Shortly after Longwood College became fully co-ed, Robert Boyd, Tim White, and company set the tone for Longwood Men’s Golf.  Arriving in 1977-78, Longwood experienced early success.  White was named Division III All-American in 1980 and is the only golfer named to the Longwood Athletic Hall of Fame (2016).  In 1982, the Lancers won the College Division of the Virginia Intercollegiate Championship.  Robert is retired and lives in Daniel Island, S.C.  Tim is the golf pro at Lake Chesdin Golf Club in Chesterfield County. 

Joe Bass enjoyed the wrestling spotlight in Lancer Hall (now Willett Hall).  With a career record of 48-25, he qualified for the NCAA DII regionals and was a key part in a young program. After retiring from the Army, Joe went back to his family roots and owned and operated restaurants.  Now, as a full retiree in Burke Virginia, Joe reconnects with other Longwood wrestlers and plays golf.   

As an up-and-coming officer in the Army, Joe Bass shared his story to anyone considering college.   He graduated from high school with a 1.93 GPA with dreams of playing college football. He learned quickly that barely passing was not enough.  With the help of coaches and ROTC mentors, Joe found his way to Longwood and then to the U.S. Army where he worked his way up to Brigadier General, Longwood’s first in active duty. 

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Steve Nelson - MMA Pioneer Career DEEPDIVE

Back in the late 1990's Texas was a hotbed for "Shootfighting" and that was because of one man - MMA Pioneer Steve Nelson. An Oklahoma State wrestler, Nelson comes  from a family of professional wrestlers and his USWF promotion operating out of Amrillo ws at one point a bigger attraction than the UFC.  Though he went 0-2 against the legendary Ralph Gracie, Nelson was at the forefront of the Wrestling vs BJJ rivalry and he was a pioneer of the lower weight classes back when the UFC was basically a heavyweight show. Meet Steve Nelson - a humble, lifelong martial artist who should not be forgotten.

0:00 Introduction

1:00 Start in Combat Sports

2:07 Sambo Roots

3:33 Phyllis Lee

5:09 Evan Tanner In Japan

8:14 Fighting in Japan

9.38 Partying with Evan Tanner

10:32 Sambo NOT Catching On

12:53 Bigger than the UFC

16:25 Ron Tripp BEAT Rickson

21:10 Wrestling Sakuraba

26:10 United Shoot Wrestling Federation

28:10 Ethan Andrews World Combat Championship

31:00 Pre Nerves

32:50 Ralph Gracie

33:50 Erik Paulson Hair Pulling Fight

36:07 Arrested in Canada

40:20 Ralph Gracie - Extreme Fighting

42:48 Self Trained

44:48 Mexican Cartel & Texas

47:45 Choking Out a Sheriff

49:43 Japan Connection

53:29 Jutaro Nakao Pancrase

55:55 Steve Nelson is Cheap

56:22 Ralph Gracie Rematch $20k

1:01:00 Ralph Gracie Issues

1:02:57 John Peretti Strange Relationship

1:06:28 Evan Tanner Silva Semmy Schultz

1:08:24 Evan Tanner ADCC

1:09:40 Leon Dijke - Evan Tanner

1:11:40 Karl Gotch

1:14:50 Tough Pro Wrestlers

1:18:15 Closing USWF

1:23:48 USWF Japan Connection

1:26:15 Modern Combat Sports

1:30:00 Promoting Today

1:34:40 Chris Lytle Career Retrospect

1:39:14 Mark Schultz Wrestling

1:40:10 Miguel & MMA Detective Wrap Up

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