Welcome to the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame
IWHOF Class of 2019 Steffensmeier, Buzzard, Bahr, Corso, Whitmer
Our Purpose
The Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame seeks to promote amateur wrestling by honoring native Iowans.
The inaugural banquet was held in 1970. When we concluded the 50th annual awards banquet on April 08, 2019, our roster of inductees included 133 outstanding individuals for their contributions to amateur wrestling.
Join us every second Monday of April as we honor the latest Inductees into the Hall of Fame.
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Cresco 100 Years of Wrestling
Check out this awesome video. Cresco 100 Years of Wrestling
IWHOF Inductee who never wrestled but made a big impact
A wrestling enthusiast stopped by to tour the Hall of Fame. Low and behold, his high school tennis coach is an inductee! Delighted, Bill told us his high school tennis coach, Howard Barker, never played high school or college tennis and was a great coach. Bill said Barker never wrestled either – and was an even better wrestling coach. Some people just know how to teach. Thanks for visiting with us at the IWHOF.
July Weather Brings A New Visitor to the IWHOF
It is hot outside (yeah, July) so what do you do? Visit the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame! We had a nice visit with Dean and learned his son wrestled against Mark Ironside. Talk about being in good company. Thanks for stopping in and talking wrestling.
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Thank You to Our Donors
in memory of
Mary Lou Brand
Arlin, Edward, Larry
in memory of
Finn
in memory of
Dorothy Dean Marten
in memory of
Chris Flanagan
in memory of
Harold J. Nichols
in memory of
Chris
in memory of
David C. Bartelma
Geneva Peckham
by Tom, Ruth and families
in memory of
Robert T. "Bob" Mitchell
in memory of
George E. Johnson
Merlin
Cedar Rapids
in memory of
Rich Schmauss
