Who are the top 25 Most Influencial People in Illinois Wrestling

[92finalist]

I agree with the post by TomCiezki the list are all great but each person has there own person who helped them this person may not be famous but was a huge help
with that add Tom Gauger and the more famous Keith Healy both coach me in the 1992 finals

[parklandwrestler]

Originally Posted by The Scrabbler 2

Linear Vining

100% agreed

[bwm57]

Mark King-LaGrange

[jaedenconner]

Ott Bay and his 3 sons all of which are in the Illinois hall of fame should be considered.

[bbugajski]

Don't forget Terry McCann!

[HeadHunter130 MSHS]

Originally Posted by bbugajski

Don't forget Terry McCann!

Dennis McCann?

[Greenskin]

Originally Posted by HeadHunter130 MSHS

Dennis McCann?

No, Terry McCann...Olympic wrestler and author of one of my favorite wrestling books that I've had since high school.

[bbugajski]

Terry won a gold in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome for the USA in freestyle wrestling. He also coached the Mayor Daley Youth Foundation Wrestling team that won 11 National titles in Greco and Freestyle wrestling in a 7 year period. He wrestled for the University of Iowa and was an NCAA Champion there in 1955 and 1956. A wrestler never had to pay for his coaching on this team, but rather just show up for practice and wrestle. Practice was held at Navy Pier Gym (before they turned it into wally world) Northwestern's Anderson Hall and Harper College in Palatine. Today we have USA wrestling which was once known as the United States Wrestling Federation. The first championship was in 1969 and this was started up in part by Terry McCann and Myron Roderick. I hope this helps you understand why Terry is one of the great coaches from Illinois.

[Greenskin]

Originally Posted by bbugajski

Terry won a gold in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome for the USA in freestyle wrestling. He also coached the Mayor Daley Youth Foundation Wrestling team that won 11 National titles in Greco and Freestyle wrestling in a 7 year period. He wrestled for the University of Iowa and was an NCAA Champion there in 1955 and 1956. A wrestler never had to pay for his coaching on this team, but rather just show up for practice and wrestle. Practice was held at Navy Pier Gym (before they turned it into wally world) Northwestern's Anderson Hall and Harper College in Palatine. Today we have USA wrestling which was once known as the United States Wrestling Federation. The first championship was in 1969 and this was started up in part by Terry McCann and Myron Roderick. I hope this helps you understand why Terry is one of the great coaches from Illinois.

Thank you. Now maybe a few more people will know.

[HeadHunter130 MSHS]

Originally Posted by bbugajski

Terry won a gold in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome for the USA in freestyle wrestling. He also coached the Mayor Daley Youth Foundation Wrestling team that won 11 National titles in Greco and Freestyle wrestling in a 7 year period. He wrestled for the University of Iowa and was an NCAA Champion there in 1955 and 1956. A wrestler never had to pay for his coaching on this team, but rather just show up for practice and wrestle. Practice was held at Navy Pier Gym (before they turned it into wally world) Northwestern's Anderson Hall and Harper College in Palatine. Today we have USA wrestling which was once known as the United States Wrestling Federation. The first championship was in 1969 and this was started up in part by Terry McCann and Myron Roderick. I hope this helps you understand why Terry is one of the great coaches from Illinois.

Thank you for correcting me, I didn't know any of that. After reading it, I completely agree.