National Wrestling Hall of Fame Search

People:

Jay Arneson

Year: 2001
Award: Lifetime Service to Wrestling

Phillip Dalke

Year: 2001
Award: Lifetime Service to Wrestling

Eddie Griffin

Year: 2001
Award: Lifetime Service to Wrestling

Kenneth Leuer

Year: 2002
Award: Outstanding American

Year: 2006
Award: Glen Brand Inductee

Kendall Cross

Year: 2002
Award: Distinguished Member

Jim Scherr

Year: 2002
Award: Distinguished Member

Year: 1997
Award: Order of Merit

Mort Geller

Year: 2002
Award: Meritorious Official

Year: 2000
Award: Lifetime Service to Wrestling

Bruce Baumgartner

Year: 2002
Award: Distinguished Member

News:

Outstanding American Honoree Rumsfeld Passes Away

Donald Rumsfeld wrestled for New Trier High School in Illinois and was captain of his state championship team. At Princeton, he was team captain and a three-time place winner in the Eastern Intercollegiates.

Hall of Fame Celebrates Wrestling In The Olympics

The museum proudly displays the gold medals won by Robin Reed, Bobby Pearce, Jack VanBebber, Frank Lewis, Doug Blubaugh and John Smith. It also has Olympic silver medals won by Danny Hodge and Ross Flood.

Next Level Scholarship Sponsor Kleinman Lessmann Attorneys

U.S. Teams Determined, Busy Preparing For Olympics

The United States has 15 athletes scheduled to compete, trailing only Russia (17) in the number of qualifiers for the Tokyo Games, and will be bringing a larger team to Tokyo than it qualified for Rio 2016 (14).

We Look Forward to Seeing you at Honors Weekend September 24-25

Bill Burke, Lifetime Service Honoree Passes

2015 Inductee passed away in April.

18th Annual Golf Outing Set For July 28

Golf outing to take place on July 28, 2021 at Mercer Oaks. Shotgun start at 9:30am.

Hall of Fame Inducts Class of 2021

The eight individuals entering the Hall of Fame were initially scheduled to be inducted in 2020 but had their ceremony pushed back over a year due to the pandemic.

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