I began "Gone, Lost & Forgotten" nine & a half months ago, bound and determined to find information on every single dropped wrestling program. I wanted to find out when the programs were started, when & why they were ended & any accomplishments I could find on both a team and individual level.
According to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame we've lost 670 teams throughout the years. Unfortunately I was only able to find information on a little over half. I believe my total was 365 or somewhere around there. For some of the teams I found a ton of information. For other teams, I found very little beyond a fact or two that proves that they did indeed have varsity wrestling at some point in their history.
Here is what I found
Arizona (3) |
Northern Arizona |
Arizona |
Phoenix College |
Alaska (1) |
Alaska-Pacific
Arkansas (1) |
Arkansas State
Alabama (4) |
Auburn |
Alabama |
Jacksonville State |
Chattahoochee Valley
California (70) |
San Diego State |
San Jose State |
California |
UCLA |
USC |
Long Beach State |
Chico State |
UC Santa Barbara |
Cal Poly Ponoma |
Humboldt State |
Cal State Los Angeles |
Cal State Fullerton |
UC Davis |
Cal State Sacramento |
Cal State Stanislaus |
Sonoma State |
Cal State East Bay |
Cal State Northridge |
Stanford |
Whittier |
Biola |
California Tech |
California Lutheran |
Fullerton |
Diablo Valley |
Golden West |
Foothill |
Cypress |
Grossmont |
Gavilan |
Los Angeles Pierce |
C.O. Sequoias |
Santiago Canyon |
Reedley |
Los Angeles Valley |
La Verne |
Marin |
Hartnell |
Merced |
Imperial Valley |
Merritt |
Long Beach City |
West Valley |
Porterville |
Ohlane |
Laney |
Napa Valley |
Mira Costa |
San Jose City |
San Diego Mesa |
Riverside City |
Cosumnes River |
Contra Costa |
Colldge of Redwoods |
Yuba |
Southwestern |
Ventura |
Solano |
Butte |
Cabrillo |
Canada |
Citrus |
San Mateo |
San Diego City |
Allan Hancock |
American River |
Orange Coast |
El Camino |
Chaffey |
Los Angeles City
Connecticut (4) |
Yale |
Southern Connecticut State |
Central Connecticut State |
Connecticut
Colorado (4) |
Denver |
Colorado |
Colorado State |
Fort Lewis
Delaware (2) |
Delaware |
Delaware State
Florida (11)
Tampa |
Florida |
Central Florida |
Florida Tech |
Florida International |
Florida A&M |
Pensacola Christian |
Miami |
Miami Dade South |
Miami Dade North |
Stetson
Georgia (3) |
Georgia Tech |
Georgia State |
Georgia
Idaho (3) |
Idaho State |
Idaho |
Northwest Nazarene
Illinois (16) |
Illinois State |
SIU-Carbondale |
Bradley |
Western Illinois |
Chicago State |
Eastern Illinois |
North Park |
Illinois-Chicago |
Lincoln |
Olivet-Nazarene |
Illinois-College |
Lake Forest |
Lewis |
DePaul |
Knox |
Lake County Illinois
Indiana (12) |
Indiana State |
Notre Dame |
Ball State |
Taylor |
Anderson |
Valparaiso |
Evansville |
Earlham |
Hanover |
DePauw |
Franklin |
Huntington
Iowa (5) |
St Ambrose |
Drake |
Mount St Clare |
Grinnell |
Kirkwood
Kansas (3) |
Kansas |
Kansas State
Kentucky (3) |
Eastern Kentucky |
Kentucky |
Centre
Louisiana (3) |
Louisiana State |
Tulane |
Louisiana Layfayette
Maine (2) |
Maine |
Maine Presque Isle
Maryland (7) |
Baltimore |
Salisbury |
Morgan State |
Towson |
Coppin State |
Maryland Eastern Shore |
Montgomery
Massachusetts (7) |
Amherst |
Massachusetts |
Boston College |
Boston University |
Massachusetts-Lowell |
CCBC-Cantonsville Boston State
Michigan (16) |
Northern Michigan |
Western Michigan |
Lake Superior State |
Ferris State |
Grand Valley State |
Eastern Michigan |
Oakland |
Saginaw Valley State |
Wayne State |
Grand Rapids CC |
Lansing CC |
Mott CC |
Southwestern Michigan CC |
Schoolcraft CC |
Michigan Tech |
Hillsdale
Minnesota (12) |
Carleton |
Gustavus Adolphus |
Winona State |
Minnesota-Duluth |
Bemidji State |
St Thomas |
Bethel |
St Olaf |
Minnesota-Morris |
Anoka-Ramsey |
Pillsbury Baptist Bible |
St Mary
Missouri (5) |
South East Missouri State |
North East Missouri State |
Missouri-St Louis |
Missouri-Rolla |
Evangel
Montana (4) |
Montana |
Montana State |
Montana Western |
Rocky Mountain College
Nebraska (4) |
Nebraska-Omaha |
Wayne State |
Dana |
Peru State
Nevada (2) |
UNLV |
Nevada-Reno
New
Hampshire (2) |
Dartmouth |
New Hampshire
New
Jersey (8) |
Seton Hall |
Montclair State |
Monmouth |
Rowan |
Upsala |
Kean |
Fairleigh Dickinson |
Ocean County CC
New
Mexico (2) |
New Mexico |
New Mexico State
New
York (27) |
Syracuse |
City College of New York |
St Lawrence |
Colgate |
Albany |
SUNY-Potsdam |
Wagner |
SUNY-Maritime |
RPI |
Union |
Clarkson |
Yeshiva |
SUNY-Delhi |
Paul Smith's |
SUNY-New Paltz |
Buffalo State |
SUNY-Erie |
SUNY-Canton |
Geneseo State |
Mohawk Valley |
SUNY-Plattsburgh |
Stony Brook |
St John Fisher |
SUNY - Cobleskill |
SUNY-Farmingdale |
SUNY-West Chester |
SUNY-Rockland
North
Carolina (10) |
East Carolina |
UNC-Greensboro |
Elizabeth City State |
Winston Salem State |
Pfeiffer |
Elon |
Livingstone |
Methodist |
Catawba |
Guilford
North
Dakota (3) |
North Dakota |
Valley City State |
Mayville State
Ohio (15) |
Toledo |
Akron |
Bowling Green |
Miami |
Denison |
Cincinnati |
Youngstown State |
Mansfield |
Wright State |
Capital |
Cedarville |
Malone |
Oberlin |
Cuyahoga |
Lakeland
Oklahoma (2) |
Rose State SW Oklahoma State
Oregon (9) |
Lewis & Clark |
Oregon |
Portland State |
Western Oregon |
Linsfield |
Blue Mountain CC |
Mt Hood CC |
Lane CC |
Oregon Tech
Pennsylvania (22)
Lafayette |
Haverford |
Temple |
Swarthmore |
West Chester |
Moravian |
California of Pennsylvania |
St Francis |
Cheyney |
Duquesne |
Allegheny |
Slippery Rock |
Indiana of Pennsylvania |
Lebanon Valley |
Grove City |
Juniata |
Susquehanna |
Lincoln |
Dickinson |
Albright |
Clarks Summit |
St Vincent
Rhode
Island (1) |
Rhode Island University
South
Carolina (4) |
Furman |
Clemson |
Anderson South Carolina State
South
Dakota (4) |
Yankton |
Black Hills State |
Dakota State |
Si Tanak-Huron
Tennessee (7) |
Sewanee aka U of South |
Middle Tennessee State |
Tennessee |
Carson Newman |
Tennessee-Martin |
Maryville |
Milligan
Texas (5) |
Texas |
Texas A&M |
Texas El Paso |
LeTourneau |
Richland CC
Utah (6) |
Utah |
Utah State |
Brigham Young |
Weber State |
Southern Utah |
Snow
Virginia (9) |
William & Mary |
Norfolk State |
Virginia Commonwealth |
James Madison |
Liberty |
Virginia State |
Longwood |
Hampton |
Old Dominion
Washington (14) |
Washington |
Washington State |
Eastern Washington |
Central Washington |
Seattle Pacific |
Puget Sound |
Whittworth |
Whitman |
Western Washington |
Pacific Lutheran |
Columbia-Basin |
Skagit Valley |
St Norbert |
Williamette
West
Virginia (2) |
Marshall |
Fairmont State
Wisconsin(10) |
Marquette |
Milwaukee |
Ripon |
Wisconsin-Stout |
Wisconsin-River Falls |
Lawrence |
Maranatha Baptist |
Wisconsin-Superior |
Northland |
Carroll
Washington
D.C. (4) |
George Washington |
Howard |
Galluadet |
Catholic
You'll notice that a few of the teams are in italicized font. These are teams that have since reinstated their programs |
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Three more teams have been added to the list....
ReplyDeleteBismarck State (North Dakota)
Concordia (Illinois)
San Bernardino Valley (California)
wow a slow death makes is a painful
ReplyDeletea slow death makes it painful
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