A lot of names and little information about them, The Golden Bears had varsity wrestling up until their last season of 1978-1979. Finishing a high ninth at the 1952 NCAA tournament, ironically enough it was their last two seasons of 1978 & 1979 they finished in the top twenty-seven (during a time when their were about 150 Division I programs verses the 80 we have today) after a period of time of not doing as well.
Names & strictly accomplishments in the PAC-12 & NCAA were about all I could find on the great wrestlers of Cal. I wasn't able to find pictures or much information about these wrestlers. If you have more info please let me know.
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Edgar Nemir
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Born in Waco, Texas had it not been for his family moving, Nemir may never have stepped onto a mat. An AAU champion for Cal, Nemir would go on to win a silver medal at the 1932 Olympic games. He later became the head boxing coach at Cal in the 1934-1935 season & would coach the Golden Bears up until the NCAA decided to stop sponsoring boxing after the 1959-1960 season. Nemir was also an officer in the Navy & he dabbled in Hollywood for a while as well.
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177 lbs
Bentley Lyon |
Lyon finished in seventh place at the 1951 NCAA championships as a junior. He'd come back in 1952 winning both a PAC-12 title & an NCAA title cementing himself as the Golden Bears greatest wrestler.
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137 & 130 lbs
Alan Seigal |
A two time PAC-12 champion, Siegal finished in fifth place at the 1965 NCAA championships.
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115, 118 lbs
Gordon Yamamoto |
Yamamoto was a three time NCAA qualifier for the Golden Bears in 1968, 1969 & 1970
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126, 134 lbs
Carlos Rodriguez |
A three time NCAA qualifier, Rodriguez was a PAC-12 champion his senior year of 1977
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| Steve Warren |
A 1967 high school state champion wrestling for El Camino high school, Warren won PAC-12 titles for the Golden Bears in 1968 & 1969.
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