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Silver Alert issued for Oklahoma wrestling legend

Silver Alert issued for Oklahoma wrestling legend

Posted: Jul 7th 2018 By: Mckinzie McElroy - OKCFox.com

PERRY, Okla. (KOKH) — 

The Perry Police Department has issued a Silver Alert for Daniel Hodge, 86.

Police say Hodge left his home in Perry at 5:20 p.m. on July 7, and he has not returned. He has Dementia.

Hodge drove off in a silver Toyota Camry with the license plate GLV226.

Authorities say Hodge is "in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death."

Hodge was a American wrestler and boxer. He was also a two-time Olympian. He competed in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki and the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.

The Dan Hodge Trophy is named after him, which is the Heisman trophy equivalent of college wrestling.

 

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