Hall of Fame
With a team which featured just one senior, the SIUE wrestling program vaulted to national championship status with four individual national champions and eight All-Americans under NCAA Coach of the Year Larry Kristoff. Don Stevens, Tim Wright, Booker Benford, and Ernie Badger all finished as national champions. Alan Grammer, Maurice Brown, Mark Kristoff, and Al Sears also gained All-American status for a team which won the national title by an astounding 48.5-point advantage. Other valuable members of the national championship squad are Ray Garcia, John Eichelberger, Robert Ervin, Bob Lacefield, Dan McGinnis, Bob Dahm, Doug Zinzer, Brian McTague, Lewis Reed, John Ruffu and John Borror.
