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Greg Strobel

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Greg Strobel
Personal information
Born(1952-08-17)August 17, 1952
Terry, Montana, U.S.
DiedOctober 8, 2020(2020-10-08) (aged 68)
Villas, New Jersey, U.S.
Home townScappoose, Oregon, U.S.
Alma materOregon State University
Medal record
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Oregon State Beavers
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 Seattle 190 lb
Gold medal – first place 1974 Ames 190 lb

Greg Strobel (August 17, 1952 – October 8, 2020) was an American wrestler, coach, and member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame from Scappoose, Oregon.[1] From 1995 to 2008, he was the head coach at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, one of the top collegiate wrestling programs in the country.

Strobel won two NCAA titles and was a three-time All-American at Oregon State, finishing his college career with a 126-8-1 record before starting his coaching career. He was an assistant coach at Oregon State University, a head high school coach at Roseburg High School, a US Wrestling official and a private club coach before taking the head coaching job at Lehigh in 1995, where he held an endowed chair: the Lawrence White Head Coach of Wrestling. He led Lehigh to five consecutive EIWA championships and multiple Top-Ten NCAA championship finishes. He coached two national champions.

He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012, the Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. Strobel died on October 8, 2020, at the age of 68.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Former OSU wrestler works six Olympic games | The Daily Barometer Archived February 20, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  2. ^ Daschel, Nick (October 9, 2020). "Greg Strobel, an Oregon State two-time NCAA wrestling champion, dies at 68". oregonlive. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
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