He earned All-America honors in 1934 with a second-place finish at the NCAA Wrestling Championship.

During his four-year career, the Hoosiers went 27-2, including four Big Ten and one NCAA championship.

[3] He is the only Hoosier to have lettered on NCAA championship teams in two sports, track and wrestling (1932).

Kuss competed in 38 states and in New Zealand, wrestling 331 people in that time.

He lived in Minnesota during most of his professional wrestling career and made Houston, Texas his second home.