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Hall of Fame

1966 Wrestling Team

  • Class
  • Induction
    1999
  • Sport(s)
    Wrestling
Finished second at the NCAA College Division National Championships at Mankato State in Minnesota...Finished with a number one Middle Atlantic Conference ranking after finishing year 10-1...finished as national runner up...had six All-American wrestlers on the squad...John Carr won his second straight national title at 167 pounds...Joe Keifer finished second at 137 pounds...Joe Wiendl was fourth at 152...Barry Gold was fourth at 190...Dick Cook was sixth at 167...Frank Olext finished sixth at 177...Carr captured the MAC title at 160 pounds...Cook was league champion at 167...Alan Arnould won the heavyweight title.
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