Death – The Guillotine

SCSU Wrestling mourns loss of Hall of Famer Tom Eitter

By Guillotine1 November 6, 2018 November 6, 2018 College News, Community

Tom Eitter, 77, a member of St. Cloud State University’s Jack Gause Wrestling Hall of Fame, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 4 in Dubuque, Iowa. Continue reading

Wrestling community mourns the loss of Curtis LeMair

By Guillotine1 October 17, 2018 October 17, 2018 College News, Community, High School News

News is coming out about the death of former Prior Lake wrestler Curtis LeMair. He was just weeks into his freshman year at Northern State University. Continue reading

Richard Michael Kubes (1933-2018)

By Guillotine1 August 1, 2018 August 1, 2018 College News, Community, High School News

1958 NAIA National Champion wrestler for Mankato State; founded the Henry Sibley HS wrestling program. Continue reading

Benjamin Keith Nix (1969-2018)

By Guillotine1 July 27, 2018 July 27, 2018 College News

Big Ten Champion and NCAA finalist for The Gophers Benjamin Keith Nix passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, after a brief illness. He was a 1988 Big Ten Champion for the University of Minnesota. He went on to place second at the NCAA Championships at 118 pounds that year.… Continue reading

Former Minneapolis high school teacher, coach dies in Boundary Waters after canoe capsizes

By Guillotine1 July 12, 2018 July 12, 2018 High School News

A former Minneapolis high school football and wrestling coach died in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after he attempted to right a capsized canoe. Niles R. Schulz, 75, of Minneapolis was found dead Tuesday evening in Sawbill Lake near the portage to Kelso Lake, according to the Cook County… Continue reading

James Paul Morgan (1927-2018)

By Guillotine1 July 6, 2018 July 6, 2018 College News, Community, Freestyle/Greco News

Jim Morgan formerly of Bloomington and Paynesville passed away on July 4th. He was 91 years old. Jim was the patriarch of the Morgan family, recipient of the Greco-Roman Legacy Award at the 2011 Alan & Gloria Rice Greco-Roman Hall of Champions. Jim and his wife Olive had 12 children.… Continue reading

James Slifka (1938-2018)

By Guillotine1 July 3, 2018 July 3, 2018 Community, High School News

Hall of Fame Coach James Slifka of Medford passed away on June 30th. He was 79 years old. Slifka was inducted into the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association Dave Bartelma Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Mayo Civic Center Region I Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016. Mass of… Continue reading

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