Ex-Wrestler: Claims of Abuse Ignored by UM Coach, AD

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Former University of Michigan wrestler Tad Deluca said Thursday morning that he wrote a nine-page letter to then-coach Bill Johannesen in 1975 saying that he believed examinations he received from team doctor Robert Anderson were inappropriate, and that his complaints were ignored.

Deluca claimed in the letter that he saw Anderson regarding an elbow injury, but the visit included rectal and testicular examinations, as well. According to Deluca, Johannesen read parts of the letter aloud in front of his teammates and told Deluca it was clear he no longer wanted to be part of the wrestling team. Deluca said he has a responding letter from then-athletic director Don Canham telling him that he read Deluca's letter and informing him that he would no longer have an athletic scholarship since he had decided to end his athletic career at Michigan, as reported by ESPN.

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