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1st Annual Bloomsburg Open Wrestling Tournament
March 24, 1973 @ Nelson Field House, Bloomsburg University (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania)
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Bloom Open champs receive awards
 Winners of the first Bloomsburg Open Wrestling Tournament at Bloomsburg State's Nelson Fieldhouse. SOURCE: The Bloomsburg Morning Press, March 26, 1973. Click for larger image.




Varsity

Teams

Bloomsburg University [PA], Bloomsburg University (Delta Omega Chi) [PA], Clarion University [PA], Indiana University of Pennsylvania [PA], Lehigh University [PA], Pennsylvania State University [PA], SUNY Brockport, Slippery Rock University [PA], St. Lawrence University, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology [PA], Unattached [PA], West Chester University [PA]

Aggregate Pin Award - Alray Johnson (WCU)
Outstanding Wrestler Award - Floyd "Shorty" Hitchcock (BU)

Championship Final (1st)

118  Rarich (WCU) > Cunningham (TSCT) fall 2:54
126  Van Schen Brill (WCU) > Goldberg (BUDOC) decision 3-2
134  Davis (CU) > Edmonds (BU) fall 0:55
142  Alray Johnson (WCU) > High (TSCT) fall 2:34
150  Dings (TSCT) > Jerry Winterton (Brockport) decision 6-3
158  Duke (LU) > M. Waller (SRU) decision 5-4
167  Stetler (Unattached) > Paul Gillespie (WCU) decision 3-2
177  Burkholder (BU) > Hays (BUDOC)
190  Floyd "Shorty" Hitchcock (BU) > Gale Knull (SLU) decision 15-6
UNL  Plance (IUP) > Trimble (Unattached) decision 10-5


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