Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Westfall, Creed S. September 30, 1977 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie donaldbuncie@htmail.com March 20, 2026, 11:54 am Latrobe Bulletin, Sat, Oct 1, 1977 ·Page 4 Wrestling Coach Dead At Age 71 Creed S. Westfall, widely known Greater Latrobe High School wrestling coach, died last evening at City Hospital, Meadville, Pa. A native of West Virginia, born at Glenville, the son of the late Howard and Rose Dennison Westfall, May 1, 1906, Mr. Westfall carved an outstanding career as an athlete and a coach both in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. After graduating from Weston, W. Va., High School, he attended West Virginia Wesleyan College where he was a wrestler. He transferred to St. Vincent College, Latrobe, where he was an outstanding three- letter man, competing in baseball, football and basketball. He received a bachelor of science degree from St. Vincent and then did graduate work at West Virginia University. He secured his first teaching position at Troy High School, Troy, W. Va., staying there for five years before going to Harrisville High School, W. Va., where he got his first coaching job. In the five years he was there, his wrestling team was undefeated for four years, including five West Virginia state championships. Coming to Latrobe High School in 1942, he taught civics and history and was assistant football, basketball and track coach during the late 1940’s and the early 1950’s. He founded the wrestling program at Latrobe High School in 1951 and held the position of head wrestling coach for 20 years before he retired in 1971. During that span, his teams compiled a record of 153 victories against 82 defeats. His teams gained the distinction of being the only county team to win eight Westmoreland County Wrestling Tournaments, including the first county tournament in 1953 when the team was only in its third year of interscholastic wrestling. Seven of those county tournament victories came in consecutive seasons from 1955-56 to 1961-62. During those years, his teams won 45 straight dual wrestling matches and five WPIAL Section titles. Four of his wrestlers advanced to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournaments. In recognition of his coaching achievements, Mr. Westfall was named to the Westmoreland County Chapter of the Sports Hall of Fame and to the West Penn Chapter of the Sports Hall of Fame. Shortly after his retirement, he was honored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for 25 years as a wrestling coach. He was given a plaque. He also was named as a St. Vincent College Letterman of Distinction. Surviving are his widow, Cecilia McKay Westfall; children: H. Martin of Columbus, Ohio, Thomas C. of Charlottesville, Va., David P. of Morgantown, W. Va., and Mrs. Thomas (Mary Ann) Erdos of Meadville, with whom he and his wife made their home for the past several years, and three sisters, Mrs. Louis (Alma) Sweitzer of Glenville, W. Va., Mrs. J. J. (Lillian) Skinner of Lettergap, W. Va., and Mrs. Harry (Ruby) Belt of Charleston, W. Va. Family will receive friends at the Richard W. Dell Home for Funerals, Latrobe, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday and from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Family Church, Latrobe, of which he was a former member. Interment will follow in St. Vincent Cemetery, Unity Twp. The family requests that contributions be made to the General Scholarship Fund of St. Vincent College. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/westmoreland/obits/w/westfall20776gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb