Former Iowa coach Dan Gable declared Jessie Whitmer as the strongest man in the world immediately after he won the 118-pound title at the 1997 NCAA Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It was a nickname assistant coach Terry Brands gave the lightweight wrestler during his senior season.

Below is a full listing of FloWrestling's Top 100 American Wrestlers of All Time along with college wrestling affiliations. Several went to multiple colleges, which is why a wrestler may be listed more than once.

The countdown continues as FloWrestling releases its top 100 greatest American wrestlers of all time. The inaugural episode was released on November 4 and will end with the announcement of the greatest wrestler of all-time on January 10, 2022.

Kenny Monday and Barry Davis are two of the greatest wrestlers in American history.

This article was originally published on June 10, 2020 but was updated on December 21, 2020 to reflect minor changes.

Bader and Bray sit down with Screwy Louie, Bobby Telford, and Barry Davis for this episode of The Bader Show.

We realize that the story that Barry Davis told on his visit to Austin is a lot to take in. The problem is that Coach Davis is passionate and such a good storyteller that he glosses over facts in the story that seem fairly mundane to him, but are just bananas to the general public. So if you had the time to rewatch 17 times and press pause every 30-90 seconds like I did, then this article is probably not for you.