COLLINS, Dr. Gary ~ Graceland's Hall of Fame

COLLINS, SIMONS

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/25/2013 at 04:58:16

HALL of FAME

Dr. Gary Collins
Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa

Gary COLLINS entered Graceland College in 1958 with no high school football or wrestling experience. He would earn eleven varsity letters from Graceland: three football, four wrestling and four track.

COLLINS was honored as an All-Conference football player his junior year. He also was a two time All-American wrestler, winning second place in the NAIA national wrestling tournament, as a junior and third place is senior year. He won numerous medals as a member of relay teams anchored by Hall of Fame member Rich SIMONS.

Dr. COLLINS graduated from Graceland College in 1963 with a B.A. in Education, majoring in Physical Education with a minor in Mathematics and Science. He obtained a PhD from the University of Utah in 1972.

Dr. COLLINS was an assistant at Ottawa University in Kansas, from 1971 to 1972 and at Graceland College from 1974 to 1978. Both teams won the Heart of America Conference Championships.

Dr. COLLINS coached wrestling at Northwest Missouri State University from 1965-1970 and again from 1978 to 1985. At NWMSU he coached many All-Americans including two NCAA Division II national champions and won several team conference championships.

Dr. COLLINS has been teaching at NWMSU since 1976 as an associate professor in the physical education department. He also is the director of the college's fitness center.

Dr. Gary COLLINS was inducted into Graceland University's Hall of Fame in 1995.

SOURCE: gujackets.com/f/Hall_of_Fame.php

Submission by Sharon R Becker, August of 2013