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|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr" | Representing the  United States

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;" | Collegiate Wrestling

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr" | Representing the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;" | NCAA Championships

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1947 NCAA Wrestling Championships|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Heavyweight

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1948 NCAA Wrestling Championships|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Heavyweight

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Heavyweight

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1950 NCAA Wrestling Championships|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Heavyweight }} Joseph J. Scarpello (January 16, 1923 – November 9, 1999) was an American wrestler who competed in the Greco-Roman and later a professional wreslter. Scarpello was also a two-time NCAA wrestling champion at Iowa.

After graduating from college he became a professional wrestler from 1949 until 1981 where he mainly worked for Verne Gagne's America Wrestling Association in Minnesota.

Championships and accomplishments

• American Wrestling Association
  • AWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Ilio DiPaolo

References

1. Joe Scarpello. National Wrestling Hall Of Fame
2. "Joseph James Scarpello". HawkeyesSports.
3. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Joe Scarpello « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
4. Oliver, Greg (2000 September 29). "From the Olympics to Pros". SLAM! Wrestling. Canoe.com. Retrieved 2000-09-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)

Further reading

General

• "Scarpello Points for Brand" (PDF). Daily Iowan. Iowa City, Iowa. May 28, 1948. p. 2.

External links

• 1923 births
• 1999 deaths
• People from Omaha, Nebraska
• Oklahoma Sooners wrestlers
• American male sport wrestlers
• American male professional wrestlers
• Professional wrestlers from Nebraska
• 20th-century male professional wrestlers
• 20th-century American professional wrestlers
• 20th-century American sportsmen