Coach Ed Pike, who piloted some of our strongest pre-war mat squads, returned this year to resume the direction of RIT's grunt and groan artists. With Ken Christian as the only holdover from last year's few practice matches, Pike started with an inexperienced but ambitious crew which rapidly grew in strength to challenge some of the best collegiate squads.

Included in the 1947-48 schedule were meets with Buffalo University, Alfred University, Sampson College, Ontario A & M, St. Lawrence University, and Case Institute of Technology. After the close of the regular season, Coach Pike took a few of the most promising tusslers to the annual Inter-State Invitational Meet at Cleveland. Ralph Tufts, Publishing and Printing Instructor, was the advising faculty manager. (Techmila, 1948)

Team Roster

121 - Harold Rickles
      Richard Townsend
128 - Leonard Baker
      Alvin Kenyon
136 - Kenneth Christian
      Clarence Meyer
145 - Fred Ahrens
      Walter Dunn
155 - Stewart Smith
      John Moran
      Harold Richter
165 - Joseph Morrocco
      Herbert Bramer
175 - Michael Vignola
      Albert Kilinski
      Martin Sieback
HWT - Leroy Swanson
      William Culver
      Andrew Wolf