Royce Alger

{{Short description|American wrestler (born 1965)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{notability|biography|date=January 2014}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|year=1965|month=3|day=6}}

| birth_place = Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.

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| weight_class = Light Heavyweight
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| style = Freestyle wrestling

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| team = Hammer House

| wrestling = NCAA Division I Wrestling

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| mma_kowin = 2

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| university = University of Iowa

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{{MedalSport|Men's freestyle wrestling}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 1990 Tokyo |82 kg}}

{{Medal|Sport| Collegiate Wrestling }}

{{Medal|Country| the }} Iowa Hawkeyes

{{MedalCompetition|NCAA Division I Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1987 College Park|167 lb}}

{{MedalGold|1988 Ames|177 lb}}

{{MedalCompetition|Big Ten Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1986 Minneapolis|158 lb}}

{{MedalGold|1987 Madison|167 lb}}

{{MedalGold|1988 Ann Arbor|177 lb}}

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Royce Alger (born 1965) is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler and retired mixed martial artist. An athlete of wrestling icon Dan Gable, he went on to become a three-time All-American, three-time Big Ten champion, and two-time NCAA National Champion at the 167 and 177 pound weight classes in 1987 and 1988, at the University of Iowa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/The-Hit-List-NCAA-Division-I-Wrestling-Champions-Who-Have-Competed-in-MMA-133217|title=The Hit List: NCAA Division I Wrestling Champions Who Have Competed in MMA|website=Sherdog|accessdate=7 April 2023}} After going undefeated in his final 78 matches, Alger spent seven years as an assistant wrestling coach with his alma mater.[https://web.archive.org/web/20021028015310/http://www.rockymountainnationals.com/celeb_alger.html Rocky Mountain Nationals] He was also a World silver medalist in freestyle wrestling at the 1990 World Wrestling Championships.

Alger later competed in mixed martial arts. In his debut at UFC 13 on May 30, 1997, he lost by armlock to Enson Inoue. He won his next three fights, all of which were in smaller, regional MMA events. In his fifth and final fight at UFC 21 on July 16, 1999, he was knocked out by Eugene Jackson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Royce-Alger-163|title=Royce Alger MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography|website=Sherdog|access-date=7 April 2023}}