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Hall of Fame

1958-59 wrestling Team Category

  • Class
  • Induction
    1990
  • Sport(s)
    Wrestling, Team Category
Won second consecutive NAIA Championship for MSU...Placed seventh in the NCAA Division I Championships...Won conference title...Won Cornell quadrangular...Team traveled 9,000 miles together...Largest crowd to watch them was 6,500...First athletic team of MSU to be sent by plane to their destination...Maynard Nelson and Lowell Glynn were NAIA Individual Champions...Al Blanshan and Jack Thamert took second and fourth, respectively, in the NCAA Division I Individual Championships...The line– up consisted of 115 lbs.– Thamert, 123 lbs.– Nelson, 130 lbs.– Dave Frame, 137 lbs.– Ron Youngbauer, 147 lbs.– Bill Lewis, 157 lbs.– Tom Block, 167 lbs.– Glynn, 177 lbs.– Gerry Slattery, 191 lbs.– Blanshan (captain), HWT– Wayland Blake...Coached by MSU Hall of Famer Rummy Macias.
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