When you look into the record book, Gene Mills' statistics appear as if they are a misprint: 1,356 career wins, 46 losses, 1 tie, 886 victories by falls.

His collegiate record of 144-5-1 with 107 falls, two NCAA championships and four all-American honors tops the historical accounting of wrestling at Syracuse University. Within those statistics are five records, all verified by the NCAA.

Mills was a member of the 1980 U.S.A. Olympic freestyle team. But since the United States boycotted the 1980 Olympics, he never had the opportunity to prove he was the best 114 pound freestyle wrestler in the world

His international record, however, exhibited his capabilities recording a string of 82 consecutive victories, two World Cup Championship gold medals, the pinning of-two Olympic medallists and a two-time world gold medallist at the 1980 World Super Championship in Japan and Beijing declared the "Outstanding Wrestler" at the prestigious 1980 Tblisi Championship after pinning each of his opponents

He coached at Syracuse University for 16 seasons, ending with a record of 147-81-4. He was inducted into the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame and the EIWA Hall of Fame

Today, he stands out as one of the world's best wrestling clinicians combining his dynamic personality along with instructional and inspirational videos in presentations throughout the world.

As a wrestler whose accomplishments have left an indelible mark on the record books of wrestling, Gene Mills is honored as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.