*HOWELL A. SCOBEY, JR, Lehigh
‘36 was Lehigh’s only NCAA heavyweight
champion for 75 seasons between 1936-2011. After placing
second, he became Lehigh’s third champion by pinning Oklahoma
State’s Gordon DuPree (NCAA 3,3,3) in 0:58. Howell placed
EIWA 2,1,1 and pinned all six rivals to win two Easterns and the OW
in 1936, one of three heavyweights ever to earn it. His career
record was 34-7 with 28 pins in an average time of 3:40, and he
owns the highest pin percentage in Lehigh history.
Scobey was an alternate on the
1936 U.S. Olympic Team. The senior wrestling captain was also a
Lehigh football captain. He started three years and was inducted
into the Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame, one of seven linemen named
to Lehigh’s Team of its first six decades. Born in Neptune
City, NJ, he worked three decades at Bethlehem Steel, where he was
General Foreman. In 1968, he moved to Naples, FL where he managed
Howell and Son Sprinklers, Co.