Hall of Fame
Won first-ever NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Championship, having nine wrestlers place in the top four of their respective classes...Conference champions...Third straight state championship...Placed 9th in the NCAA Division I Championships...Competed against top ranked wrestling teams including Iowa St., Oklahoma St. and Pittsburg...Cornell Quadrangular champs...Jack Thamert, Captain Jack Anderson, Al Blanshan, Roy Minter, and Dick Kubes were NAIA individual champions...Anderson and Minter placed third and fourth, respectively, in the NCAA Division I Individual Championships...The line – up consisted of 115 lbs.– Thamert, 123 lbs.– Clyde Lundholm, 130 lbs.– Jerry Sharp, 137 lbs.– Don Davis, 147 lbs.– Anderson (Captain), 157 lbs.– John Kelly, 167 lbs.– Lowell Glynn, 177 lbs.– Blanshan, 191 lbs.– Minter, HW.– Kubes...Coached by MSU Hall of Famer Rummy Macias.
