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Brockport Hall of Fame

Linkner

Bill Linkner

  • Class
    1961
  • Induction
    1989
  • Sport(s)
    Football
Director of Physical Education, Health, and Athletics
South High School
Valley Stream, New York

SUNY College at Brockport '61
Major: Health and Physical Education
St. John's University: New York University

Played four years of football for the Golden Eagles under Hall-of-Famer Bob Boozer; earned Little All-American status at guard in 1959; was Brockport's last Little All-American until 1988; won three wrestling tournaments in Buffalo and Rochester in 1959-60, before Brockport even had an intercollegiate wrestling team.

Coached South High School to 14 consecutive wrestling championships, a Long Island record, before retiring in 1978 to become athletic director; also coached football; involved in several Nassau County football and wrestling committees.

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