Joe Dubuque is an American amateur wrestler

Amateur wrestling

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 commonly referred to as "The Champ". He was originally from New Jersey.

Dubuque attended Glen Ridge High School

Glen Ridge High School

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 in Glen Ridge

Glen Ridge, New Jersey

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, Essex County, New Jersey

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, where he was a two-time state champion wrestler. Competing for the Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington

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, Dubuque won an NCAA

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 Division I wrestling title at 125 pounds in 2005, beating Kyle Ott of the University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 2-0.

In 2006 he won the same title, beating Troy Nickerson

Troy Nickerson

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 of Cornell University

Cornell University

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. Dubuque was an All-American in 2004, wrestling back from a preliminary round pin.

Dubuque also won two New Jersey state wrestling championships in high-school and won the 119 pound national high school wrestling championship in 2001. Dubuque is the first wrestler in Indiana University history to be a two-time national champion.

Dubuque was the assistant wrestling coach for Hofstra University

Hofstra University

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wrestling team from 2007-2009.

Dubuque returns to Bloomington to be the assistant coach for Indiana University for the 2010 season.