Gone, Lost and Forgotten Part 5: Illinois and Indiana

Bradley
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Chicago State
1 All American
Dropped in 1997


DePaul
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Eastern Illinois
14 All Americans
Dropped by Athletic Director Rich McDuffie due to low APR standings

UFC star Kenny Robertson was an NCAA qualifier and Conference champion

UFC star Matt Hughes was a 2 Time All American

Illinois State

7 All Americans

Dropped in 1995

Illinois State Wrestler

An Illinois State Wrestler

Kevin Bracken a former Illinois State Wrestler, was a 2004 Olympian.

Western Illinois

1 All American/National Champion

Dropped in 1985 due to Title IX

Former Western Illinois Wrestler Joe Prostman

Former Western Illinois Wrestler Rick Nelson

Ball State

1 All American
7 MAC Individual Champions

Evansville

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Indiana State

Dropped in 1986 due to budget cuts by President Richard Landini

1 National champion

13 All Americans

A former Indiana State University Wrestler

Bruce Baumgartner, who is arguably the greatest Olympic Wrestler that United States has ever produced (winning four Olympic medals and 9 world medals) wrestled for Indiana State

Head Coach Gray Simons

Another picture of Bruce Baumgartner

All American Jack Efner

Notre Dame

5 All Americans

Wrestling dropped in 1992 (started in 1955) by Athletic Director Dick Rosenthal.   Bucky O'Connor a multi-millionaire in the oil business, had a son Pat O'Connor who wrestled for Notre Dame.  Pat was murdered in 1973.  After Pat's Murder Bucky O'Connor set up a scholarship fun and donated 1.5 million dollars to Notre Dame Wrestling.   After Bucky O'Connor died,  The University of Notre Dame coaxed his wife into allowing the University to continue to get money from the endowment he set up, and drop the wrestling program, even though he strictly said that a stipulation for the money was that Notre Dame would keep wrestling.  

Mike Golic of ESPN wrestled for Notre Dame

Valparaiso

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