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Hall of Fame Retired Hammond High Coach Karl Deak Passed Away


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RIP Coach Deak. Here is his bio from the Hammond Sports HOF. 

 

Karl Deak

He coached Hammond High wrestlers as an assistant and head coach for three decades (1960-90). As a 25-year head coach, he directed the Wildcats to a 203-96-6 dual meet record plus 10 conference and 10 sectional championships. He also coached seven individual state champions and 25 state qualifiers. While he served as an assistant to 2001 Hammond Sports Hall of Fame inductee Don Clark, Hammond High won team state championships in ’62 and ’63. He also was inducted into the Indiana Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1994. The 1954 East Chicago Roosevelt graduate was a high school wrestling state finalist his senior year and also competed in college (Colorado State).

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