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thanks warrior, if someone on here new as much about Illinois back then as they do now and make a fair comparison of how they match up then it would work. Realisticaly my 9 and 10 guys would barely crack the actual top 25 or not even crack it at all
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Below is my list....
Chuck Farina-Leyden Coach Bill Weick-Mt Carmel Coach Larry Kristoff-Coach at SIU Joe Gilbert-First 4x AA State Champ Mark Ruettiger-First 4x A State Champ Ken Gerdes-dominant high school wrestler in late 60's-70's Ed Giese-dominant high school wrester in 80's Joe Williams-dominant high school wrestler in 90's Eric Tannabaum-dominant high school wrestler this decade Mike Mena-Top Class A wrestler of all-time John Welter-Founder IKWF Ed Ewoldt-IL wrestling historian and supporter of youth wrestling Fred Bishop-first IL high school state champ 1937 Joe Didi-Founder of Cicero Bobcats-IKWF Midget State Donald Whitted-Founder of Harvey Twisters Toby Willis-Founder of pro-wrestling league Class AA state champ Rob Sherrill-IL supporter and wrestling journalist Bob Fulk-Head Coach of Glenbard N in 70's and 80's made GBN a power before Hahn. Fulk retired due to a family tragedy. (Hahn was his assistant). Marty Williams-Head Coach of Mahomet Seymour Cartwright Brothers-Coaches at Conant and Proviso East Louis Slimmer-Coach at Proviso East and first coach to win an IHSA state title Ott Bay-Head Coach at Waukegan Mark Gervais-Marist Coach Tim Ruettiger-Head Coach Providence Keith Healy-Head Coach Providence Charles Anderson-Savanna Head Coach Joe Sapora and George Minot-1929 First NCAA Champs from U of I Andre Allen-First IL Junior National Champ 1971 NCAA AA Dan Holm-Junior National Champ 1971 D1 NCAA champ 3x AA Scott Trizzino-First IL Dapper Dan winner, 3x NCAA All-American, Senior Freestyle National Champ Jose Martinez (father)-Founder Martinez wrestling Sean Bormet-Founder Overtime School of Wrestling Al Kaltofen-Former Head Coach College of Dupage-One of winningest JUCO coaches of all-time. Dennis Hassert-Yorkville State Champion Coach, Speaker of the House and big supporter of Illinois wrestling. Mark Johnson-Head Coach Univ. of IL Bill Schmidt-Granite City HS Head Coach Last edited by John H; 03-06-2009 at 09:08 AM.
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were does martin floreani go on this list. directly helping Illinois not very much but he is wrestlings biggest media outlet and he is from Illinois
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Good Discussion but a very subjective analysis
Every person involved in IL wrestling has a list that consists of people that have influenced them personally with regard to the sport of wrestling. In making a list I would definitely include a few of the names on many of these lists but have others that would not make many lists other than my own. All in all it is a good discussion, and the countless names on all the lists show why this state is very competitive on the national level.
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03-06-2009
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I saw Mr. Twister put Mark Mestemacher on his list. If everyone knew all the stuff he does, he would be on everybody's list. He was a HUGE supporter of SIUE wrestling, and without him, they wouldn't have a team right now. The success of the Edwardsville high school wrestling program has also been partly due to his efforts and resources.
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Mark Mestemacher
I would second the nomination for Mark Mestemacher. I would put him in the top 10. Along with Jon Davis a very influential ikwf leader in the south...
I would also include Allen Kirgan for honorable mention, 20 years with Granite city wrestling, either through kids club, high school, and off season programs, tournaments. Head coach Granite City hs and creeping on 300 wins.. I guess I'm a little biased though. He's my pops.
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