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"Billy the Kid!"

Bill Luckenbaugh
West York Wrestling
(Overall High School Career Record of 69-5-0)





WILLIAM LUCKENBAUGH
"LUCKY'S" High School Career
▪ 3-time YCIAA Sectional Wrestling Champion.
(1967, 1968, 1969)
▪ 2-time District III Wrestling Champion.
(1968, 1969)
▪ 2-time Southeast Regional Wrestling Champion.
(1968, 1969)
▪ 1968 PIAA State Wrestling 2nd Place @ 120lbs.
▪ 1969 PIAA State Wrestling Champion @ 127lbs.
▪ 1967 Clearfield Holiday Tourney Champion.
▪ 1968 Carlisle Holiday Tourney Champion & ow.
▪ Member of '64 West York Junior High Championship Team.
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▪ 1968 PIAA State Wrestling 2nd Place @ 120lbs.
• 1968 PIAA Finals 120lbs. - Norm Palovcsik (Clearfield)
dec. Bill Luckenbaugh (West York) 11-8.



1969 PIAA State Tourney

1969 PIAA State Wrestling Finals @ 127lbs.
(L-R) West York's Bill Luckenbaugh with coaches
John T. Toggas and Robert Bowers at Penn State's Rec Hall.
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1969 - West York's 127lb. Bill Luckenbaugh (top) applies a bar
and decisions Andy Kolhepp (New Castle) 18-7
in the '69 PIAA State semi-final round.
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▪ 1969 PIAA State Wrestling Champion @ 127lbs.!
• 1969 PIAA Finals 127lbs. - Bill Luckenbaugh (West York)
dec. Bob Pratt (Easton) 8-2.


1969 - Bob Pratt of Easton (left) lifts Bill Luckenbaugh of West York
in the PIAA State Wrestling Finals @ 127lbs.
▪ Luckenbaugh decisioned Pratt, 8-2 and
claims the 1969 Pennsylvania State Wrestling Championship!

BILL LUCKENBAUGH - WEST YORK
▪ 1969 1st Team High School All-American

"Additional" Bill Luckenbaugh Photos...
▪ 1964 West York Junior High Wrestling Championship Team - CLICK HERE!
▪ 1965 West York Junior High Wrestling Team Photo - CLICK HERE!
▪ 1968 Bill Luckenbaugh Carlisle Wrestling Tourney "OW" - CLICK HERE!
▪ 1968 Bill Luckenbaugh Individual Photo - CLICK HERE!
▪ 1969 PIAA Semi-Finals Photo of Bill Luckenbaugh - CLICK HERE!
▪ 1969 PIAA Semi-Finals Photo of Bill Luckenbaugh - CLICK HERE!
▪ 1969 PIAA Finals Photo of Bill Luckenbaugh w/WY Coaches - CLICK HERE!
▪ 1969 PIAA Finals Photo of Bill Luckenbaugh - CLICK HERE!
▪ 1969 PIAA Finals Photo of Bill Luckenbaugh - CLICK HERE!
▪ 1969 PIAA Photo of the Luckenbaugh's - CLICK HERE!
▪ 1983 Photo of Bill Luckenbaugh DIII Hall of Fame Induction - CLICK HERE!
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▪ 1969 PIAA State Wrestling Scoring Book w/results.
(PDF)   CLICK HERE!

CARLISLE TOURNEY

1968 Carlisle Holiday Tournament
∙ '68 Carlisle Outstanding Wrestler - Bill Luckenbaugh, West York HS.


1969 YCIAA Sectional Wrestling Champions (larger photo)
▪ West York's - Bill Luckenbaugh (2nd from left in front row),
Larry Haas (4th from left in front row), Frank Vega (6th from left in front row),
 John Sprenkle (6th from left in back row).
There are 4 PIAA State Wrestling Champions...
in the above photo!!
▪ Along with Bill Luckenbaugh '69 and John Sprenkle '69 from West York...
Dallastown's George Myers '69 (2nd from left back row)
 and Dick Hartman '70 (5th from left back row) won PIAA State titles!!




UNIVERSITY WRESTLING
 Bill Luckenbaugh's Complete ESU Wrestling Career Stats/Results!
Click & view ESU All-Time Wrestling Letterwinners 1970-2010.
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Bill Luckenbaugh
@ East Stroudsburg State College
• 1974 NCAA DII National Wrestling Champion @ 150lbs.
1974 NCAA DII Championship Wrestling Results - 3/1-2, 1974
• 1974 PSAC Wrestling Champion @ 150lbs.
• 1972-73 E. Stroudsburg Open Wrestling Champion/OW @ 150lbs.
• 1973 Coast Guard Invt. Wrestling Champion/OW @ 150lbs.
East Stroudsburg State Wrestling 73' - 77' Archives
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• NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame - CLICK HERE!




1974 - NCAA DII Wrestling Championships
East Stroudsburg State College - 7th Place (39 1/2pts)
▪ Cal-State Fullerton University ▪
(Back) ESU Head Wrestling Coach Clyde "Red" Witman.
(Front Row) ESU's Bill Luckenbaugh (150lbs.), Don Lehman (190lbs.),
Bob Stetler (158lbs.).
THE POCONO RECORD
March - 1974




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