Kent Osboe (2013) - Hall of Fame

Kent Osboe

Induction:
2013
Class:
1970

Kent Osboe, a native of Fort Dodge, Iowa, was a two-time national champion and a three-time All-American as a Panther heavyweight wrestler from 1966-1969.
Osboe posted a career mark of 67-9 with 35 falls.

Osboe placed second in the NCAA Division II tournament as a sophomore in 1967. Osboe then won back-to-back heavyweight Division II national titles in 1968 and 1969. Osboe was the first heavyweight to win a national title at UNI.

In 1967, Osboe posted a 10-4 record with five pins. Osboe went 28-2 with 15 pins in 1968. Osboe finished his career as a senior with a mark of 29-3 with 15 falls in 1969.

At the 1969 NCAA Division I Championship meet in Provo, Utah, Osboe placed sixth overall in the heavyweight division.

Osboe won three consecutive North Central Conference heavyweight titles in 1967, 1968 and 1969. He never lost an NCC match in his collegiate career.
He participated in the 1969 NCAA East-West All-Star meet hosted by Penn State University in State College, Pa.

He was inducted into the NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2000.

After graduating from UNI in 1970 with a degree in physical education and health, he taught and coached at St. Ansgar High School in St. Ansgar, Iowa and St. Edmond’s High School in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He also served as a production supervisor for Hormel Foods, Inc., in Austin, Minn.