Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), July 24th, 1996
Brandon Paulson of Anoka won a silver medal Tuesday. As usual, his father was there, ready to hug him. It all started in kindergarten, and Doug Paulson, a wrestling coach, relented to his 5-year-old's demands to try ice hockey. "We got him skates and he pushed a chair in front of him for three months on an outdoor rink," Doug Paulson said. "After he froze his butt off, he said to me, `Can we try wrestling, dad?' " That's all Doug Paulson needed to hear. That's what started the bond and the journey. It took them to their first Minnesota state meet in Fairmont, where 6-year-old Brandon Pauls...
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