Chadron State College Athletics

Lynch followed Steve Gremm from Broken Bow to wrestle at Chadron State, and was the Eagles’ only national champion until Brett Hunter won the 165-pound title in 2007, 35 years after Lynch won his crown.
At 6-foot-3 and blessed with long arms, large hands and a powerful grip, Lynch was difficult to beat. He was 16-3, 19-1 and 22-2 his first three years on the team before going 30-0 and winning the 158-pound championship at the NAIA National Tournament as a senior in 1971-72. That season, Lynch pinned 12 of his opponents and held 13 others scoreless.  One of his losses as a junior was to the eventual national champion.
Since graduating, Lynch has lived most of his life in Lexington, where he worked for Sperry New Holland and a bank and owns numerous rentals.