“Chris Taylor was one of the most-talked-about-athletes of the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972. He made the wrestling team in both freestyle and Greco-Roman, winning a Bronze Medal in freestyle, on August 31, 1972, with a 5-1 record. His only loss came by a very controversial 3-2 score to legendary Soviet Union matman Alexander Medved, owner of ten World/Olympic titles. He is the subject of a book entitled “The Gentle Giant.” A native of Michigan, Chris died in 1979. Chris Taylor was inducted in