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NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME New Jersey Chapter

19TH ANNUAL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION BANQUET

The Westin Hotel Princeton, NJ

September 15, 2019 1:00 PM

The Lancaster Catholic High School Class of 1965

wishes to send our prayers and congratulations

to our

Teacher, Coach, Mentor and Friend,

DAN MAHONY for his induction into the

National Wrestling Hall of Fame-NJ Chapter

The New Jersey Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame 1

Class of 2019 INDUCTION CEREMONY

September 15, 2019

WELCOME Ken Bernabe, Master of Ceremonies, Executive Board Member Class of 2013 National Wrestling Hall of Fame-NJ Chapter

INTRODUCTION OF HONOREES “The Class of 2019” “RED CARPET WALK” Previous Year’s Inductees in Attendance STAR SPANGLED BANNER Ron C. Brooks

Class of 2017 National Wrestling Hall of Fame-NJ Chapter OPENING REMARKS Gary Kessel, President, NWHOF-NJ

Class of 2017 National Wrestling Hall of Fame-NJ Chapter Class of 2018 National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Meritorious Official Award

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTOR AWARD Steven John Jastrabek, Presenter NWHOF-NJ CHAPTER Class of 2017 National Wrestling Hall of Fame-NJ Chapter

Ken Honig, Recipient INVOCATION Howie O’Neil, Jr., Board Member

Class of 2009 National Wrestling Hall of Fame-NJ Chapter BANQUET MEAL Full Course with Dessert AWARDS PRESENTATION Gary Kessel, President, NWHOF-NJ

Class of 2017 National Wrestling Hall of Fame-NJ Chapter Class of 2018 National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Meritorious Official Award

LIFETIME SERVICE (High School) Tony Caravella

Daniel Mahony (Deceased) Vincent Russo Robert Shernce

LIFETIME SERVICE (College) Richard Voliva (Deceased) Distinguished Member NWHOF 1984

CLOSING REMARKS Ken Bernabe, Master of Ceremonies, Executive Board Member

Class of 2013 National Wrestling Hall of Fame-NJ Chapter

New Jersey Wrestling Family,

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame is committed to advancing awareness and appreciation for the history of wrestling in the state of New Jersey. Each year your State Chapter program accomplishes its mission of preserving your state's history in wrestling by recognizing and inducting individuals who have inspired others through their years of service and commitment. It is my pleasure

to welcome you as we induct another great class of honorees.

We believe that when properly informed, people will better understand what a wrestling life is all about. By sharing in this celebration and enshrinement ceremony, you are witnessing first-hand the impact our State Chapter programs and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame have upon the sport. As we recognize these individuals honored today, we are able to share their inspiring stories with current and future generations. Our mission uniquely qualifies us to help shape public perception about our sport through the lives and stories of those you are here to support today. Our honorees have made an indelible impact upon our sport and our communities because of the lives they have transformed through a sport that welcomes everyone, no matter their size, ethnicity, physical limitations or gender.

We are fortunate to have the generous and outstanding volunteer leaders to manage and operate this program in the state of New Jersey on behalf of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. I also thank you for supporting our chapter, which is dedicated to celebrating and advancing the heritage of wrestling in the state of New Jersey for generations to come.

Sincerely yours in the spirit of preserving, recognizing and inspiring,

Lee Roy Smith EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NWHOF 405 W Hall of Fame Avenue, Stillwater, OK 74075 P 405.377.5243 • F 405.377.5244 • E [email protected] • www.nwhof.org

Message from the Executive Director of the NWHOF

2 The New Jersey Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame

Message from the President of the NWHOF – NJ Chapter

Welcome,

Our Chapter is grateful for the support of all of our patrons as we strive to honor those who are most deserving and have promoted the sport of wrestling here in New Jersey. We have a rich tradition of wrestling in New Jersey from the elementary level through collegiate level. Our desire to Recognize, Honor and Inspire future generations of wrestlers would not be possible without the support of so many

who believe in our organization. Once again, thank you for your hard work, dedication and support. Sincerely, Gary Kessel PRESIDENT NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME-NJ CHAPTER

John Allen★ Ken Bernabe – Vice President*★ Barry Burtnett★ Kevin Carroll Sam Coursen★ Dr. Sam Crosby – Director Emeritus★ Mike Cunningham John DeMarco★ Ernie Finizio – Past President★ Peter Frampton – Secretary* Bob Frederick – Director Emeritus★ Bill Garbarini Ed Gibbons Steve Gironda – Past President Ed Glassheim John Hangey John Harmon★† Bill Henderson★ Rick Iacono★† John Illengwarth† Dr. Linda Jastrabek Steven John Jastrabek – Past President*★/ NWHOF-NJ, NWHOF Development Officer,

Stillwater Oklahoma

Gary Kessel – President*★ David Kinney★ Mike Lamparillo Dan Mahony† John Marinelli Andy Matter Matt Menkowski William Miron – Treasurer*★ Frank Mosier – Past President/Director Emeritus★/ NWHOF Board of Governor’s Member Howie O’Neil, Jr.★ Bucky Rehain★ Joel Resnick Ted Resnick★ Bill Savage★ Robert Shernce* Frank Sica Guy Talarico* Gary Taylor John Vogeding – Director Emeritus★† Mike Weilmann Norm Winter★

*Executive Board Member † Deceased

★NWHOF-NJ Past Inductee

(Back Row, L-R) S. Jastrabek, F. Sica, K. Bernabe, E. Gibbons, M. Lamparillo, J. Marinelli, H. O’Neil, A. Matter, M. Cunningham, B. Miron, P. Frampton

(Front Row, L-R) N. Winter, R. Shernce, E. Glassheim, B. Rehain, G. Kessel, E. Finizio, R. Iacono, S. Coursen, T. Resnick

NWHOF & Museum – 2019 Board of Directors – NJ Chapter


One of New Jersey’s most popular coaches passed away this summer. Rick Iacono was 72 when he succumbed to cancer.

He was inducted into the New Jersey Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2015 with the distinction of Lifetime Service. His death is a huge loss to the wrestling community.

A resident of Middlesex, “Ricky I” coached the sport at four different high schools: Rutgers Prep, Jonathan Dayton in Springfield, Governor Livingston in Berkeley Heights, and Middlesex. He won 324 matches over a career that spanned 42 years. Only 16 New Jersey coaches have more victories.

He grew up in Bound Brook, where he graduated from high school.

From there he went on to Liberty State University in West Virginia, then received a Master’s in Education. In addition to coaching wrestling he coached football, tennis, softball, baseball, soccer, volleyball and field hockey. He won a state championship in softball at Governor Livingston in 2007.

Also a wrestling referee, he officiated Freestyle and Greco-Roman, including the AAU level, Federation tournaments and the Olympic Trials. He was a member of the New Jersey Wrestling Officials Association 40 years, and also served as President of Region 3 and was a District 10 and 12 representative.

Iacono’s love for his country and respect for the military led to his helping send numerous students off to successful military careers.

A student of the sport, just weeks before his passing he attended a wrestling camp.

Ricky is survived by his wife Kitty of 49 years, their son Joe, daughters Marisa and Katie, and three grandchildren.

RICHARD E. IACONO NJWHOF Class of 2015

NJ Executive Board Member, Coach, Official, Friend

Past Honorees


CLASS OF 2001 Michael Caruso (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

Sam Coursen (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Sam Crosby (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Ernie Finizio (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) John K. Johnston (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Michael Schibanoff (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Tom Seitz (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) John Vogeding (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)†

CLASS OF 2002 Michael DiPiano (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

Herbert E. Farrell (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Robert Fredrick (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Russell K. Riegel (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Walter Shallcross (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) T. Ralph Williams (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)†

CLASS OF 2003 Roy Baker (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

Frank A. Bennett (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Frederick F. Buechel MD (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Frederick K. Christ (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† David Edinger (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† John Goles (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Richard Alan Matarante (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Gerard R. Sachsel (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) John K. Welch (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2004 Salvatore Peter Cascio (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

Robert H. Dalling, Sr. (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Francis James Dunn (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Gary W. Kehler (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† John Pepe (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† C. Norman Winter (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2005 John M. Allen (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

Vince Fitz (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Judge Julio M. Fuentes (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Anthony J. Gentile (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Joseph J. Krufka (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Jon Loysen (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Robert Mizerek (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2006 Barry Burtnett (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

John DeMarco (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Harry E. Lake (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Arthur O. Marinelli (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Richard C. Mirshak (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† William Rehain (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) James Russell Wright (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2007 Wilfred E. Cann (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)†

Jan Dutt (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) John W. Harford (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Sam Mills (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Fred Pierro (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) John Sacchi (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Lt. Col. John R. Suter USMC (Ret.) (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Harold Vandermark (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)†

CLASS OF 2008 Gene D’Alessandro (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

Jeff Hull (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Dave McMahon (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) John Nemetz (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Anthony Petrillo (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Ted Resnick (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) John Tettis (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)†

CLASS OF 2009 Gerry Bandola (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

John French (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Tony Grifa (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Mike Leta (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Harold “Howie” O'Neil Jr. (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) William “Bill” Savage (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Dr. Neil Thompson (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Raymond Vohden (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

† Deceased

Past Honorees

CLASS OF 2010 Joseph Cervino (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

Paul Mauriello (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Herbert Palmer (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† George Reid (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Dr. Arthur J. Sachsel (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Gary Vittorio (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Jack Welch (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)†

CLASS OF 2011 Gene Barber (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

George T. Coker, USN (Ret.) (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Greg DeMarco (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† David Dunlop (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Ken Scott (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Dennis Smith (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Len Zanowicz (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2012 Howard “Joe” Foulk (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

Ron Fox (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) David Icenhower (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Kenneth Pagach (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Warren Reid (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Dr. James Frederick Wenz (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Stanley Woods (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2013 Ken Bernabe (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

Harold Dow (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† David Kinney (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Gerry Nisivoccia (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Gary Papa (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Bernard Reider (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2014 Denny D’Andrea (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

John Harmon (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† H. Clay McEldowney (Outstanding American) Joel Melitski (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Russell Minuto (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Fred Stueber (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2015 Michael J. Buggey (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

William J. Burke, Jr. (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Chester Dalgewicz (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Richard E. Iacono (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Frank A. Mosier (Outstanding American) John Semar (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2016 Samuel Appello (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

Henry Boresch (Outstanding American)† William Henderson (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) G. Thomas Hutchinson (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Louis Jasmine (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Dr. Mark R. McLaughlin (Outstanding American) Deane D. Oliver, Jr. (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)† Al Reinoso (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2017 Ron C. Brooks (Medal of Courage)

Roy L. Fennimore (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Michael P. Frick (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Steven John Jastrabek (Outstanding American) Gary Kessel (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Edward Kochajki (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) William Miron (Lifetime Service to Wrestling)

CLASS OF 2018 Jeff Buxton (Lifetime of Service to Wrestling)

Robert Hogan (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Jack Kinner (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Dr. Joseph Nisivoccia (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Gary Taylor (Lifetime Service to Wrestling) Mark Whitford (Medal of Courage)

Full biographies of all honorees can be found on our website. Visit www.nwhof.org/newjersey

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Richard Voliva (Deceased) Lifetime Service (COLLEGE)

In the sport of wrestling, Dick Voliva did it all.

He was a NCAA national champion, he medaled in the Olympics and was an AAU freestyle national champion. After starting the wrestling program at Montclair State he then coached 23 years at the state university, and for many years was Director of Intramurals at Rutgers.

No surprise he was inducted as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame 35 years ago. And certainly no surprise he is now a member of the New Jersey Chapter of the National HOF.

Raised in the small Southern Indiana town of Clear Creek, Voliva went on to wrestle for Indiana University. He went 48-4 in his college career where he led IU to the Big Ten’s first national championship (1932). He placed second in nationals as a junior and won it as a senior in 1934.

Two years later he took a silver medal in the Olympic Games in Berlin. In national AAU tournaments he took a first, second and third.

Before taking the Rutgers job he served five years in the Army, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. At Rutgers his teams went 148-85-8, during which time he produced eight EIWA champions and two All-Americans.

Voliva was also an NCAA official, served as president of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Coaches Association and also the National Wrestling Coaches Association. He spent five years as a member of the NCAA Rules Committee.

In addition to his accomplishments in college wrestling, he also excelled in football. As a senior he made the All-Big Ten team.

Honored with the Harry E. Lake Award in 1966, Voliva would coach several young men who went on to coach and also be elected to the New Jersey Chapter of the NWHOF.

He is survived by his three children, two of whom wrestled for Piscataway High School.


Daniel Mahony (Deceased) Lifetime Service (HIGH SCHOOL)

In high school on Long Island Dan played football, basketball and baseball. He played football at Clarion University, where he became an All-National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) wide receiver.

His niche, however, would be officiating high school wrestling.

Following a short stint playing semi-pro football, he settled into teaching and coaching for 42 years. Twenty-eight of those were as a wrestling official.

He pioneered the wrestling program at Lancaster High School in Pennsylvania while also serving as football coach. After a brief stop at East Paterson High School (now Elmwood Park), he settled in at Bridgewater-Raritan where he coached wrestling for 10 years, football for 15 years and taught history for 37 years.

In 1997, he was named Bridgewater-Raritan’s Teacher of the Year.

In 1998, he won the Rich Mirshak Award for excellence in officiating. He would be president of the Union-Essex Chapter of the New Jersey Wrestling Officials Association for 18 years, state association president two years and headed the association’s ethics committee six years.

He was on the board of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame New Jersey Chapter, was Director of the Somerset County Wrestling Tournament 32 years, and District 18 Director 32 years. He is also in the Region 5 Hall of Fame.

Dan also found time to umpire local softball, and for 25 years was co-chair of the Parks and Playgrounds Commission.

He was President of the NJWOA three years and secretary of the association six years. On the mat he refereed 21 years at the state tournament and officiated seven finals.

In 1994 Dan was named an Outstanding Official by the National Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association. He is also in his college Athletic Hall of Fame.

Dan passed away two years ago, leaving behind his wife Kathleen and their three children.


Vincent Russo Lifetime Service (HIGH SCHOOL)

This will be Vince’s 37th season as a wrestling official. As you can imagine, that’s a lot of time to build a resume. And boy has he.

After successful wrestling careers at Bloomfield High School and Montclair State, Vince got right into the coaching business when he

helped out with the West Essex Junior wrestling team in 1978. While assisting at the high school from ’82 to ’85 (with a sectional title in ’83), he put on the striped shirt in 1982.

He officiated state sectionals and districts from 1986-2009, regionals from 1989-2009, and 12 state championships between 1989 and 2009. He refereed group finals 15 years and did eight different county tournaments.

Among his favorite dual meets he officiated, and one he did several times, was the Phillipsburg-Paulsboro showdowns.

In 2009, Vince became involved as a NJSIAA assigner, focusing on seven schools. He also refereed high school nationals for 10 years.

He has been the New Jersey Wrestling Officials Association treasurer for the past 10 years. Vince also took things into his own hands, starting the Rutgers officials/coaches clinic in 2012. He created the New Jersey Wrestling evaluation process for officials, and started the Blair Academy duels for the evaluation of officials.

As for awards, there have been numerous, including the inaugural Vince Russo Golden Whistle Award in 2013. In 2016 he was named Wrestling USA Official of the Year, was honored in 2014 with the NFHS Citation Award presented by the NJSIAA, and a year ago was given the Morris County Athletic Directors Dedication Award.

In 2016, Vince was named National Wrestling Official of the Year by Wrestling USA Magazine.

Born in Newark, Vince now resides in Cedar Grove with his wife Lorraine. They have three grown children.


Bob is already in the Mount Olive High School Hall of Fame and the NJSIAA Hall of Fame (1990), so it comes as no surprise he’s been inducted to the New Jersey Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Though retired as a physical education and health teacher, he continues to assist in the athletic field as a volunteer coach with the Mount Olive girls’ golf team, a program he started four years ago. He has coached high school golf since 1990.

A graduate of Roxbury High, Bob went on to wrestle for Seton Hall University and became a two-time Metropolitan place winner. He broke into the coaching profession in 1971 as an assistant at West Morris High School. He moved up to the head coaching position at Mt. Olive in 1978. After 11 years in charge he switched seats and became an assistant another 15 years. From 2004-2008 he was head wrestling coach at Mt. Olive Middle School.

In 2003, he was named National Wrestling Coaches Association Assistant of the Year.

As if that wasn’t enough, in 1973 Bob took over the recreation program as coach at Mt. Olive and continues to this day. He would be one of the founders of the Lakeland Wrestling Club in 1980, as well as the Morris County Wrestling Tournament. He also made time to coach for the USA Wrestling Club at Mt. Olive High.

As a high school head wrestling coach he produced 37 district champions, seven region champions and had seven state place winners. His Mt. Olive team won districts in 1983, qualified for sectionals several times and in 2002 won a Group 2 state sectional.

He is currently on the New Jersey Chapter Board of Governors for the NWC Hall of Fame committee.

Bob and his wife reside in Netcong. They have four daughters.

Robert Shernce Lifetime Service (HIGH SCHOOL)

Tony Caravella Lifetime Service (HIGH SCHOOL)

Tony built his wrestling career in Brick Township. He was the first wrestling coach at Brick Memorial High, where he coached and taught for 32 years, and he graduated from Brick Township High School

In 22 years he coached the Mustangs to 317 victories, including a pair of seasons when they finished No. 1 in the state (1986 and 1994). His teams won 19 district titles, 12 Shore Conference titles (including 10 straight), 10 South Jersey sectionals, five Group 3 titles and in 1993 won Beast of the East.

He added one other Shore Conference championship as an assistant coach at St. John Vianney in 2018, where he is currently an administrator.

At Memorial he turned out 120 individual district champs, 44 regional champs, 42 state medalists and four state champions.

His high school career at Brick Township resulted in a district and regional championship, and a fourth place finish in the states.

From there he went on to Bloomsburg State College. A 1980 graduate, Tony finished with a record of 112-28-2, was a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference champion, a three-time Division I qualifier and in 1980 was All-America with a seventh place finish at Nationals.

This will be his seventh Hall of Fame membership. He is also in Brick Township’s High School HOF, Memorial’s, Region 6, Bloomsburg State, South Jersey’s and the Eastern Wrestling League. He is also a member of the National Wrestling Coaches Association and the USWA.

In 2018 he was awarded the Harry E. Lake award for outstanding contributions to New Jersey wrestling. The Star-Ledger named him Coach of the Decade for the 1990s.

In addition to wrestling, Tony also coached football, gymnastics, cross country and track and field. He was also Director of Athletics at Brick Township High from 2003-05.

Tony lives in Brielle with his wife Doreen. They have three children.



Tributes on Behalf of the Class of 2019The National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Stillwater, Oklahoma, gratefully accepts the following donations for each honoree:

TONY CARAVELLA

GOLD SPONSOR George Coker

SILVER SPONSORS John & Pat Johnson Norm & Sue Winter John Semar Andy Matter Bill Garbarini Jerry Sachsel John & Pat DeMarco Denny & Eileen D’Andrea Len Zanowicz Bill Savage Christopher Robin Cook Bob Fredrick Chet Dalgewicz Ken & Ellen Bernabe Paul Mauriello John Allen Bill & Pat Henderson George Castronova Ernie Finizio Dennis Smith Howie O’Neil Sam Coursen

Gary Kessel John Sacchi Vince Fitz Gerry, Joseph & Larry Nisivoccia DANIEL MAHONY

GOLD SPONSOR Dr. Mark McLaughlin & Princeton Brain & Spine

SILVER SPONSORS John & Pat Johnson Norm & Sue Winter John Semar Andy Matter Bill Garbarini Jerry Sachsel Dr. Sam Crosby John & Pat DeMarco Denny & Eileen D’Andrea Len Zanowicz Paul Chowansky Frank Lovelli Joe Benvenuto Mike Leta Christopher Robin Cook Bob Fredrick

Chet Dalgewicz Ken & Ellen Bernabe Paul Mauriello John Allen Ernie Finizio Dennis Smith Howie O’Neil Sam Coursen Gary Kessel John Sacchi Vince Fitz Gerry, Joseph & Larry Nisivoccia VINCENT RUSSO

SILVER SPONSORS John & Pat Johnson Norm & Sue Winter John Semar Andy Matter Bill Garbarini Dr. Ed Marion Jerry Sachsel John & Pat DeMarco Denny & Eileen D’Andrea Len Zanowicz Joe Benvenuto

Tributes on Behalf of the Class of 2019The National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Stillwater, Oklahoma, gratefully accepts the following donations for each honoree:


Krystal Halak Bob Fredrick Chet Dalgewicz Ken & Ellen Bernabe Paul Mauriello John Allen Ernie Finizio Dennis Smith Howie O’Neil Sam Coursen Gary Kessel John Sacchi Vince Fitz Gerry, Joseph & Larry Nisivoccia ROBERT SHERNCE SILVER SPONSORS John & Pat Johnson Norm & Sue Winter John Semar Andy Matter Bill Garbarini Dr. Ed Marion Jerry Sachsel

John & Noreen Risko John & Pat DeMarco Denny & Eileen D’Andrea Robert Moore Len Zanowicz David & Ann Marie Inglis Joe Benvenuto Richard & Betty Shernce Bob Fredrick Chet Dalgewicz Ken & Ellen Bernabe Paul Mauriello John Allen Bill & Pat Henderson Ernie Finizio Dennis Smith Howie O’Neil Sam Coursen Gary Kessel Frank & Estrellita Yany John Sacchi Vince Fitz Gerry, Joseph & Larry Nisivoccia

RICHARD VOLIVA SILVER SPONSORS John & Pat Johnson Norm & Sue Winter John Semar Andy Matter Bill Garbarini Jerry Sachsel John & Pat DeMarco Denny & Eileen D’Andrea Len Zanowicz Mike Leta Christopher Robin Cook Bob Fredrick Chet Dalgewicz Ken & Ellen Bernabe Paul Mauriello John Allen Ernie Finizio Dennis Smith Howie O’Neil Sam Coursen Gary Kessel John Sacchi Vince Fitz Gerry, Joseph & Larry Nisivoccia

In Honor of Our Friend,

Vincent Russo

Al Abdelaziz

Rich Antonito

Joe Benvenuto

Pete Brandt

Doug Bush

Chip Castner

Bob DeFalco

Lou Delmonte

Joe Derillo

Bill Dickson

Roy Dragon

Ron Fazio

Sean Felkins

John Gabrielli

Richard Guercio

Doug Hesse

Mike Internoscia

Barry Jackson

Kurt Karcich

Gary Kessel

Joe Knipper

Stuart Kohn

Frank Leitner

Joe Luongo

Al Maloney

Guy Mauriello

Carmel Morina

Zac Papa

Ted Resnick

Tom Reynolds

Lou Riccardi

Ron Roberts

Mark Russo

Russ Scorese

Mark Sherman

Guy Siraki

Tony Tabbacchino

Ed Tonnesen

Gary Wade

Individuals listed have been privileged to officiate the NJ State Finals and we have come together to honor our mentor:

On behalf of

The Shore Wrestling Officials extend our congratulations to

Tony Caravella

Vinnie Russo

Bob Shernce

and in memory of

Dan Mahony

Richard Voliva

on their induction into the NWHOF.

We appreciate their efforts as well as all the members of the

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Robert Shernce and all the inductees

Thank you for your dedication and commitment to wrestling.

Many young athletes have benefited from your efforts.

New Jersey Wrestling Officials Association

Union-Essex Chapter

The Union-Essex Chapter extends our congratulations IN MEMORY OF

DAN MAHONY Our Former Chapter President 1978-1979 and 1995-1996

State President 1984-1985 and 1985-1986

VINNIE RUSSO Former Chapter Member and NJSSIA State Assignor

The Wrestling Officials of the Northwest Chapter congratulate:

Vinnie Russo and

Bob Shernce on their induction into the NWHOF-NJ.

We thank them for all their time and work in supporting wrestling in New Jersey.

Cataldo Valentino President

Brian Clemente Vice President

Matt Menkowski Secretary

James Shriner Treasurer

Rich Guercio Cadet

Supervisor

Congratulations

Vinnie Russo

On Your National Hall of Fame Induction! New Jersey Wrestling Has Benefited

Greatly Because of Your Contributions. We All Celebrate Your Great Accomplishment!

The Serruto Family – Jerry Sachsel – Bill Miron – Bob Keenan

& the Millburn Wrestling Community

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Congratulations to the Class of 2019 Inductees, our good friend, Bob Shernce, and many fond memories of our friend, Dan Mahony,

National Wrestling Hall of Fame-NJ Chapter from the

FRIENDS OF WRESTLING “A group of former wrestlers, coaches, officials, and wrestling enthusiaist’s

who meet monthly to engage in fellowship, fraternity, and friendship”.

Standing: T. Resnick, S. Crosby, J. Melitski, R. Shernce, C. Dalgewicz, K. Bernabe, P. Franklin, F. Sica

Seated: J. Sachsel, N. Winter, E. Glassheim

Missing from photo: E. Finizio, D. Kinney, M. Leta, S. Jastrabek, Bill Dudeck

In Honor Of

VINCENT RUSSO

Best Wishes

Rick Solofsky

Congratulations to the NWHOF-NJ Chapter

2019 Honorees!

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