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THE BILL KATINOWSKY PAGE '73 Reading High School Wrestler '77 East Stroudsburg State Wrestler (teammate of WY/ESU's Bill Luckenbaugh, Don Lehman, Keith Lichty, Mike Stambaugh) ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ EAST STROUDSBURG STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING ∙ Click ESU All-Time Wrestling Lettermen 1970-2011 ∙ Click & View '73-'77 ESSC/ESU Wrestling Archives Bill Katinowsky (East Stroudsburg State College) ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ 1976-77 ESSC Varsity Team 1976-77 East Stroudsburg State College Varsity Wrestling Team Front (L-R) Sal Picone, Desi McNelis, Jim Vargo, Galen McWilliams. Middle (L-R) Coach Rich Schumacher, Don Lehman, Gary Kessel, Skip Falcone, Bill Cuff, unknown. Back (L-R) Coach Bob Dalling, Bill Katinowsky, unknown, Wayne Carroll, Greg Shoemaker, Don Blair, Head Coach Clyde "Red" Witman. ▪ (Not pictured:  Kerry Ciatto, Harvey Freeman, Ken Magaro) ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ 1976-77 ESSC Varsity Wrestling Team Record (12-4-1) ESSC 30 Elizabethtown 12, ESSC 20 F&M 18, ESSC 24 Trenton State 14, ESSC 31 Mass. Maritime 21, ESSC 23 Slippery Rock 14, ESSC 24 Montclair State 14,  Millersville 32 ESSC 11, ESSC 21 Lock Haven 21, Shippensburg 20 ESSC 18, ESSC 42 Mansfield 3,ESSC 25 Yale 13, ESSC 30 Kutztown 11, ESSC 31 West Chester 6,Wilkes 24 ESSC 13, Bloomsburg 27 ESSC 4, ESSC 20 Columbia University 12, ESSC 35 Bucknell University 6. Head Coach: Clyde H. "Red" Witman Asst. Coaches: Bob Dalling & Rich Schumacher Team Manager: Kathy Koch ▪ East Stroudsburg Open Placewinners - G. Kessel (1st) D. Lehman (4th). '77  Lafayette Invitational Wrestling Tournament: ESSC Team 3rd.  ESSC Champions @ Lafayette - G. Shoemaker, S. Picone, G. Kessel, D. Lehman. '77 PSAC Medalists - G. Kessel (1st),  G. Shoemaker (2nd), J. Vargo (2nd), S. Falcone (6th), D. Lehman (6th), B. Katinowsky (5th). '77 PSAC Wrestling Team Points - ESSC 5th. ▪ EIWA Team Wrestling Championships @ Syracuse University: ESSC Team 5th. ▪ Team's Outstanding Wrestler - Gary Kessel (1st PSAC) (1st - EIWA). 1977 EIWA Wrestling Championship Brackets  CLICK HERE!   ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY WRESTLING ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ The York Daily Record ARCHIVES November 8, 1975 1975 York College Spartan Wrestling Tourney York Daily Record 11/08/75: Joe Borsa, former York Catholic High State Champ, and Don Lehman, a former West York wrestler, won their respective weight classes in the 2nd Annual Spartan Open Wrestling Tournament held at York College's Gym, Saturday. ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ York College's Joe Borsa grappled at 180lbs., while Don Lehman, who represented East Stroudsburg State College, is a heavyweight. Lehman decisioned Lock Haven's Jim Schuster in the finals by a score of 3-2, with a penalty point proving the difference.  East Stroudsburg teammates Gary Kessel (161lbs.), and former PIAA State Champion, Darwin Brodt (195lbs.) joined Lehman as champions of the Spartan event.  Brodt is an Easton High School graduate and a former PIAA State Champion. ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Lock Haven captured team honors with 113 points with East Stroudsburg second with 51 points. York College was third with 46 points and Elizabethtown was fourth with 41 points. ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ A total of 17 colleges were represented with more than 200 wrestlers in the tournament ▪ 1975 York College Spartan Open Champions (121lbs.)   Carl Lutz (Lock Haven) (129lbs.)   Eric Mast (Elizabethtown) (135lbs.)   Tim McCamley (Lock Haven) (139lbs.)   Gary Heim (Elizabethtown) (143lbs.)   Darryl Zimmerman (Shippensburg) (147lbs.)   Mike Moore (Lock Haven) (153lbs.)   Greg Hackenburg (Lock Haven) (161lbs.)   Gary Kessel (East Stroudsburg) (170lbs.)   George Way (Lock Haven) (180lbs.)   Joe Borsa (York College) (195lbs.)   Darwin Brodt (East Stroudsburg) (Hwt.)   Don Lehman (East Stroudsburg) ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ '75 Team Points - Lock Haven 113pts., East Stroudsburg 51pts., York College 46pts., Elizabethtown 41pts. (17 College Teams - 214 Wrestlers) Also competing at Hwt. for ESSC - Bill Katinowsky. ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ 1987 - Wyomissing's Coaches... Joe Reilly (front) and Bill Katinowsky (back) with their sectional champions Jeff Totok & Pete Raab. ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Bill Katinowsky (Hwt.) at Reading High School in 1973 (top). ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ August 2009 - Former Philadelphia Eagle Hall of Fame football player Tommy McDonald (left) with former Reading HS and ESU wrestler Bill Katinowsky.  Tommy keeps his 1960 NFL Championship and Hall of Fame rings with him - and was the last NFL player to play without a face mask! He started wearing one after breaking his jaw in a game. ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Former ESU/Reading wrestler (and Don Lehman ESU teammate)... *Bill Katinowsky (right) with wife/ESU grad Janet (left) and the 2008 Phillies World Series Trophy. ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ *Bill Katinowsky has been competing in powerlifting tournaments the past few years and has been very successful! Katinowsky recently set a national record for the power curl in the WNBF (World Natural Powerlifting Federation). ▪ Bill Katinowsky sets world record... 335lbs. in Bench Press - 55 years old!

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