Monday, January 5, 2015

Gone, Lost and Forgotten part 6: Kansas, Kentucky and Louisiana.

 
Kansas
5 All Americans
Dropped in 1966 due to budget reasons
Home of Peter Mehringer, 1932 Olympic Gold Medalist

Leon Bauman one of the Jayhawks best

Kansas State
1 National Champion
16 All Americans
Dropped in 1975

Kentucky
11 All Americans
Dropped in 1983 due to Title IX
An early University of Kentucky team

Before he went on to have a stellar career at Iowa State University,  Nate Carr first wrestled for Kentucky.

Sgt. Craig Pittman who represented the United State in Greco-Roman wrestling went on to have a successful career in professional wrestling.   He wrestled collegiately for Kentucky.

One of Kentucky's best, Ricky Dellagetta who placed 3rd at the NCAA championships.

Eastern Kentucky
Dropped in 1983 due to Title IX

Morehead State
No information

Northern Kentucky
No information

Louisiana State
13 All Americans
Dropped in 1985 (Started in 1970)
 
John Tenta who made fame in professional wrestling as "Earthquake" wrestled for Louisiana State

Iowa State University Head coach Kevin Jackson wrestled at Louisiana State where he was a two time All American placing 3rd twice for the tigers.  He went on to place 7th and then 2nd for the Cyclones.

LSU Conference Champion Steven Kantrow

 

Steven Kantrow with his Conference Championship.

Lafayette
2 All Americans
Dropped in 1989 (Started in 1929)
 

Head coach of Lafayette when the program was dropped Barry Snyder

Northeast Louisiana
No information

Southwest Louisiana State
No information









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7 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 20, 2018 at 8:18 AM

    That Nate Carr photo is actually my former Alabama teammate Jimmy Carr the older brother of Nate Carr Sr. Jimmy started out at Kentucky where his older brother was the coach.

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  2. UnknownJuly 20, 2018 at 8:25 AM

    Nate Carr Sr received a full 4-year scholarship to Iowa State where he was a 3x Nat'l NCAA D1 Champ! He also earned an Olympic Bronze Medal after a controversial non-point award in the Semi-Finals of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

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  3. UnknownJuly 20, 2018 at 8:46 AM

    I considered Jimmy Carr to be a walking wrestling library literally! He is still the youngest ever to make the US Olympic Wrestling team in US history and wrestle at the Olympics at only age 17! He focused on the Freestyle category & he even beat the Olympic Gold Medalist in a dual meet! Jimmy won the Midlands Invitational as an Unattached High Schooler his 1st time out there!

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  4. UnknownJuly 20, 2018 at 11:50 AM

    https://www.kolat.com/blog/the-goat-of-high-school-wrestling

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  5. UnknownJuly 20, 2018 at 11:51 AM

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Carr

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  6. UnknownJuly 20, 2018 at 1:35 PM

    http://www.obitoftheday.com/post/58703937035/jimmycarr

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  7. UnknownAugust 28, 2018 at 4:17 PM

    pictures identified as Steven Kantrow from LSU are actually Phil Bode, LSU SEC Champion 1971-1972.

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