Bill Luckenbaugh

West York Wrestling

ESSC

1974 NCAA Division II
National Champion @ 150lbs.

Bill Luckenbaugh
East Stroudsburg State College

150lb. NCAA DII Champion - Bill Luckenbaugh, ESSC

Bill Luckenbaugh
East Stroudsburg State College
• 1974 NCAA DII National Wrestling Champion @ 150lbs.
▪ Finals - 150lbs. Bill Luckenbaugh (ESSC) pinned Roger Warner (Cal Poly) 3:35.
1974 NCAA Division II Wrestling Championship Results

1974 - NCAA DII Wrestling Championships
@ Cal State Fullerton, CA
ESSC - 7th Place (39 1/2pts)
▪ Cal-State Fullerton University ▪
(Back) ESSC Head Wrestling Coach Clyde "Red" Witman.
(Front) ESSC's Bill Luckenbaugh (150lbs.), Don Lehman (190lbs.),
Bob Stetler (158lbs.)
POCONO RECORD
March - 1974
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The Stroud Courier
ARCHIVES
VOL. LXII No. 19
East Stroudsburg State College, East Stroudsburg, PA
March 8, 1974
Lucky Gets Crown And Trophy!
▪ Senior wrestler Bill Luckenbaugh proved his grappling powers again this weekend breezing
through the NCAA College Division II wrestling championships at Fullerton, California. Lucky, top seeded
at 150 pounds, pinned Roger Warner of Cal Poly San Louis Obispo in 3:35 of the final round match.
This was his fourth pin in five tournament matches and it enabled him to win a trophy for the most pins.
Lucky also was second to Bloomsburg's 177lb. Floyd Hitchcock in the outstanding wrestler balloting.
Bob Stetler, another "Warrior Wonder," took 3rd in the 158 pound class winning four consolation matches.
Stetler's biggest win came in a 9-2 thrashing of Mike Turnbull of the University of Akron, who earlier had
eliminated him from the championship competition. Turnbull decisioned Stetler 5-4 when his trick knee
went out on him. Coach "Red" Witman felt that if it had not been for the injury he could have conceivably
gone on to win the title. Don Lehman, only a freshman at 190 pounds for ESSC, won one match in the
championship round, defeating a Northern Iowa grappler 3-2, and then fell to Mankato State's Kurt Kuehl
by fall (4:56) in the quarterfinal match. Lehman won one consolation match on Saturday before losing
to Kuehl for a second time, just missing out on All-American status in the 1974 NCAA DII tourney.
With only Lucky, Stetler and Lehman competing for East Stroudsburg State,
the trio managed to score high enough for seventh place out of forty colleges.
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▪ Winning the final round enabled Lucky to go on to the NCAA Division I championships March 14-16
at Iowa State University. ESSC's only other NCAA champion was Rich Schumacher, who
won the heavyweight college division title in 1970.
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1974 NCAA Division II National Champions
March 1-2, 1974
Cal State - Fullerton, CA

1974 NCAA DII National Champions
118lbs. - Terrence Perdew (Old Dominion)
126lbs. - Tom Garcia (Northern Iowa)
134lbs. - Jim Miller (Northern Iowa)
142lbs. - Ken Snyder (Northern Iowa)
150lbs. - Bill Luckenbaugh (East Stroudsburg)
158lbs. - Cliff Hatch (Cal Poly SLO)
167lbs. - Ron Sheehan (Bloomsburg)
*177lbs. - Floyd Hitchcock (Bloomsburg)
190lbs. - Keith Leland (Cal Poly SLO)
Unlimited - Jim Woods (Western Illinois)
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▪ ESSC Coach, Clyde "Red' Witman, presents the 1974 NCAA Division II
Outstanding Wrestler Award to Bloomsburg's 177lb. - Floyd "Shorty" Hitchcock.
Coach Clyde Witman is president of the NCAA DII Coaches Association.
▪ Team Champion - Cal Poly SLO (131.5 pts)
* Outstanding Wrestler - Floyd "Shorty" Hitchcock (Bloomsburg State)
1974 NCAA DII Championship Wrestling Results - 3/1-2, 1974

▪ Bill Luckenbaugh of East Stroudsburg State College...
was the "2nd seed" at the 1974 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Iowa City.
Bill won his first 2 matches by fall, but a severe knee injury suffered at practice
the prior week hindered his progress in what would have been, a sure All-American medal.
▪ Bill won the NCAA DII wrestling crown the week before to qualify for the DI tournament in Iowa City.

∙ You can look at the actual

Division I 1974 150lb. bracket w/"Lucky" by clicking HERE!
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∙ Read about West York 1969 graduate & PIAA State Wrestling Champion...
"Bill Luckenbaugh's 1974 Pennsylvania Conference (PSAC) Championship
& his California trek to the NCAA DII Wrestling Championship @ 150lbs.!"
▪ West York Wrestling 73' to 77' ESU Alumni Results Page
▪ Bill Luckenbaugh Complete ESU Wrestling Stats/Results
▪ ESU's National Hall of Fame Coach - Clyde "Red" Witman
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West York Wrestlers with letters @ ESU - CLICK HERE!
(Eby, Luckenbaugh, Stambaugh's, Lehman, Lichty, Gay, Buelow, Sprenkle, Wolfe)

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