Awarded Wrestling Team of Springfield College

Item Information

Title:
Awarded Wrestling Team of Springfield College
Description:
This photograph shows the Springfield College wrestling team alongside Coach Doug Parker (far left in a dark suit). The team is holding a number of trophies and awards which might suggest this is the famed 1964 wrestling team, though the exact trophies and who the wrestlers is not known at this point.
Date:
[1960?–1970?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Springfield College Wrestling Team Papers
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Wrestling
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Parker, Douglas E.
Awards
Plaques
Group portraits
Wrestlers
Wrestling
Athletes
Coaches
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/16394
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Notes:
The 1964 Wrestling team became the first undefeated team in the history of the college with a record of 10 wins and 1 tie and 7 champions at New England Championships, a feat never accomplished before. As a coach at Springfield College from 1951 to 1990, Coach Parker compiled a career record of 518-169-11. In his thirty-five years as head coach at Springfield College, he never had a losing season and was named New England “Coach of the Year” three times. Parker won twenty-one New England titles in his twenty-three years in the league and produced twenty-four All-Americans, including 1984 Olympic gold medalist Jeff Blatnick. His wrestling team won the 1979 and 1980 NCAA Division II Eastern Regional championship. Parker was a member of the NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame. In 1999, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum awarded Doug Parker the Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award in recognition for his years of dedication to the development of leadership and citizenship in young people through the sport of wrestling. A similar photograph with two team members that are recognized in this group can be found at this link http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15370coll2/id/9975/rec/128
Original photograph is in the alumni relations files. A Facsimile has been printed out and exists in the Undated Team Photographs;
Identifier:
rg173-04-01-01-007
wrestling-team-with-awards