For the past 60 years, the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame has honored and inducted over 753 incredible men and women who have made a lasting impact in Pennsylvania through extraordinary athletic achievement and contributions. Whether these activities have been achieved on or off the field, we honor them. And through our future virtual museum we will educate and celebrate their achievements for years to come. Of the total inductees 25 were inducted for wresting have strong wrestling credentials.

Three Pennsylvania Wrestling Legends are being honored in the Class of 2023 Honors Banquet on October 23, 2023 at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Allentown Lehigh Valley.

Dave Crowell (Living Inductee) was inducted into the NWHOF via the Pennsylvania Chapter for Lifetime Service to Wrestling in 2014. Coach Crowell’s credentials are:

• 37 years as Head Wrestling Coach at Easton, Wilson, and Nazareth High Schools.

• Career coaching record of 569 wins, 141 losses and 1 tie.

• 7X Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association State Coach of the Year.

• 14X District Eleven Wrestling Coach of the Year.

• Teams have won 13 Pennsylvania State Championships: Eight state individual titles and 5 state dual meet titles.

• Coached 24 individual PA State Champions (2nd most in Pennsylvania).

• Teams finished 1st or 2nd at State Individual Championships ten times.

• Had a State Finalist for 19 consecutive years and 21 out of 22 years.

• Inducted into the Easton Area and District XI Hall of Fames, the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame and the Lehigh Valley Pocono Sports Hall of Fame.

• National Wrestling Hall of Fame Lifetime Service to Wrestling inductee 2014.

Bob Bubb (Living Inductee) was inducted into the NWHOF via the Pennsylvania Chapter for Lifetime Service to Wrestling in 1997. Bob was then inducted as a Distinguished Member by Stillwater in 2005. Coach Bubb is a fixture in the PA Chapter Honors Banquets as an awards presenter. His credentials are:

• The Head Wrestling Coach at Clarion University from 1966-1992, turned an unknown program into the “Little Giant of Wrestling.”

• The fourth NCAA Division I Wrestling Coach to reach 300 wins, posting a 322-121-4 record leading team to 11 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) titles and one Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) Championship.

• Coached seven National Champions (including two titles each for Wade Schalles and Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle), 27 All-Americans, 29 EWL Champions and 68 PSAC Champions.

• 1986 NCAA Division I Coach of the Year, 1972 NCAA College Division Coach of the Year, and named Coach of the Year three times by the EWL and twice by the PSAC.

• Executive Director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association from 1995-99.

• State Runner-up at 138 Pounds at Lock Haven High School in 1954.

• An NCAA Division I All- American in 1959 at the University of Pittsburgh. Named the

team’s Most Valuable Wrestler that year.

• Coached at Tyrone High School from 1959-1966, coaching five District Champions, one Regional Champion and one State Champion.

• A member of the West Branch Valley, Robert “Tick” Cloherty-Western. PSAC, EWL. Clarion University, Tyrone Area and National Wrestling Halls of Fame.

• National Wrestling Hall of Fame Lifetime Service to Wrestling inductee 1997.

• National Wrestling Hall of Fame Distinguished Member 2005.

William ‘Billy’ Sheridan (Deceased Inductee) was a Charter Member of the NWHOF 1976. Coach Sheridan was best known for his great teams at Lehigh University. His credentials are:

• Charter member of the National Collegiate Wrestling Hall of Fame: Founding Father of the collegiate sport.

• Lehigh University Head Wrestling Coach from 1912-1952 with a record of 222-86-8.

• Teams garnered 13 EIWA Team Titles during 6 undefeated seasons.

• Coached and developed 3 Olympians, 5 national AAU champions, 5 NCAA Champions and 59 EIWA Champions.

• Assistant Head Coach of the 1936 Olympic team and 1951 Head Coach of the Pan Am Games.

• Inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame, Lehigh University EIWA and Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Halls of Fame.

• Founded first wrestling camp and National Prep Tournament in 1935.

• Refereed every bout in the first National Collegiate Wrestling Tournament and the 1936 Olympic Trails.

• Known as the “Knute Rockne” of college wrestling.