Bill Weick
Two-time NCAA champion at Iowa State Teachers College, most coaching wins in Illinois high school history, coach of many international and national teams, from Chicago
Brad Smith
Brad Smith has one of the most diverse and distinguished wrestling careers in the state of Iowa. In 1976, Smith won an individual NCAA team title for the University of Iowa. The Hawkeyes also placed first as a team that year. He coached Lisbon to seven state championships and Iowa City, City High to…
Chuck Yagla
Two-time NCAA champion at the University of Iowa and three-time All-American; 1980 Olympic team, former assistant coach at Iowa, NCAA-level referee, from Waterloo
Dale Thomas
In 34 seasons as the head wrestling coach at Oregon State, Dale Thomas compiled a record that may never be broken. His teams posted a 616-168-13 record from 1957 through 1990. Thomas’s 616 dual meet wins are the most in collegiate wrestling history. He also placed third at the NCAA championships in 1947 for…
Joe Corso
Ten-time national freestyle champion, third in the World Championships of 1979, 1976 Olympic team; Pan-American Games champion; All-American at Purdue University; state champion from W. Des Moines Valley High School
Les Anderson
Two-time NCAA champion and three-time All-American wrestler at Iowa State University, and longtime assistant coach at Iowa State, Iowa state high school champion at Clarion
Nat Pendleton
Silver medal winner, 1920 Olympics, three-time AAU national champion, from Davenport; Iowa’s first Olympic medal winner, appeared in over 60 movies during long Hollywood career
Royce Alger
Two-time NCAA champion at Iowa and three-time All-American, silver medal winner in 1990 World Championships, three-time state champion at Lisbon High School
Tom Peckham
Two-time NCAA champion and three-time All-American wrestler at Iowa State University, fourth in the 1968 Olympics, three-time Iowa high school champion at Cresco