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Big Ten Champions

Information updated through 2019-20 season

Year Name Weight
1913 G.W. Schroeder LWT
1917 E.V. Kurtzrock 145
1917 L.V. Cope 158
1920 H.L. Hoffman 175
1927 Theodore Hesmer 125
1927 J.H. Ritz 175
1928 Allie Morrison 135
1929 Joe Sapora 115
1929 G.O. Minot 135
1930 Joe Sapora 115
1930 L.M. Bauerle 135
1930 L.S. Burdick HWT
1931 Wilbur Dooley 126
1931 Bob Emmons 135
1932 J.L. Puerta 118
1932 Bob Emmons 126
1932 Barney Cosneck 165
1933 Glen Orth 118
1933 Bob Emmons 126
1934 Pete Pakutinsky 118
1934 Bill Adams 126
1934 Barney Cosneck HWT
1935 Pete Pakutinsky 126
1935 Jack McIlvoy 145
1935 Ralph Silverstein 175
1935 A.W. Dahl HWT
1936 Ralph Silverstein HWT
1937 Allen Sapora 126
1937 Jack McIlvoy 145
1937 John Ginay 165
1938 Archie Deutschman 135
1938 John Ginay 165
1939 Dave Helsman 121
1939 Archie Deutschman 136
1941 John Sikish HWT
1942 Ted Seabrooke 155
1942 Norm Anthonisen 165
1943 Tom Smerdel 165
1945 Robert Burwell 121
1946 Lou Kachiroubas 128
1946 Dave Shapiro 165
1946 Norm Anthonisen 175
1947 Lou Kachiroubas 128
1947 Dave Shapiro 165
1948 Kenneth Marlin 155
1948 Charles Gottfreid HWT
1951 Richard Picard 130
1952 Norton Compton 137
1953 Norton Compton 137
1955 Larry TenPas 167
1957 Werner Holzer 147
1957 Bob Norman HWT
1958 Werner Holzer 157
1958 Bob Norman HWT
1961 Mike O'Laughlin 157
1988 Kirk Azinger 142
1989 Jon Llewellyn HWT
1990 Jon Llewellyn HWT
1991 Jon Llewellyn HWT
1997 Ernest Benion 158
2000 Adam Tirapelle 149
2001 Nate Patrick 184
2001 Pat Quirk 197
2002 Matt Lackey 165
2003 Matt Lackey 165
2004 Mark Jayne 133
2004 Alex Tirapelle 157
2005 Alex Tirapelle 157
2005 Pete Friedl 174
2008 Mike Poeta 157
2009 Mike Poeta 157
2010 John Dergo 184
2012 Mario Gonzalez 197
2013 Jesse Delgado 125
2014 Jesse Delgado 125
2015 Isaiah Martinez 157
2016 Isaiah Martinez 157
2017 Isaiah Martinez 165
2018 Isaiah Martinez 165

Multi-Time Big Ten Champions

Name Weight Years
Norm Anthonisen 165 1942, 175 1946
Norton Compton 137 1952, 1953
Barney Cosneck 165 1932, HWT 1934
Jesse Delgado 125 2013, 2014
Archie Deutschman 135 1938 136 1939
Bob Emmons 126 1931, 1932, 1933
John Ginay 165 1937, 1938
Werner Holzer 147 1957, 157 1958
Lou Kachiroubas 128 1946, 1947
Matt Lackey 165 2002, 2003
Jon Llewellyn HWT 1989, 1990, 1991
Jack McIlvoy 145 1935, 1937
Bob Norman HWT 1957, 1958
Pete Pakutinsky 118 1934, 126 1935
Mike Poeta 157 2008, 2009
Joe Sapora 115 1929, 1930
Dave Shapiro 165 1946, 1947
Ralph Silverstein 175 1935, HWT 1936
Alex Tirapelle 157 2004, 2005
Mike Poeta 157 2008, 2009
Jesse Delgado 125 2013, 2014
Isaiah Martinez 157/165 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018