Steve Combs

{{short description|American wrestler}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}

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| name = Steve Combs

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| collegeteam = Iowa

| country = United States

| team = USA

| club = Mayor Daley Youth Foundation

| sport = Wrestling

| event = Freestyle and Folkstyle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|7|22}}

| birth_place = Moline, Illinois, U.S.

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport|Collegiate Wrestling}}

{{MedalCountry|the Iowa Hawkeyes}}

{{MedalCompetition|NCAA Division I Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1963 Kent|167 lb}}

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Steve Combs (born July 22, 1941) is an American wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 78 kg at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/steve-combs-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185640/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/steve-combs-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Steve Combs Olympic Results |access-date=April 5, 2019}} Combs wrestled collegiately at Iowa, where he was a Big Ten champion and NCAA runner-up. He helped play a major role in growing USA Wrestling and was later a successful high school coach in Deerfield, Illinois. In 1985, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/64 Steve Combs]. nwhof.org. Retrieved July 30, 2023.