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updated May 7, 2008 10:00am
District XI Hall of Fame
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HALL OF FAME MEMBERS
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Barry Adams Roland Alger Rosie Amato - Retired Refereel. Long time BASD school board member. Currently a video replay football official for the ACC. Fred Anderson Jim Angeline Dennis Atiyeh - Dieruff HS, State Champ George Atiyeh - Dieruff HS, State Champ Joe Atiyeh - Dieruff HS, Olympic Silver Medalist for Syria in 1984. Dick Baker John Balliet Jeff Baum Charles Bartolet Jr. - Ex-Head Coach at Saucon Valley/Hellertown HS Charles Bartolet Sr. - Ex-Head Coach at Easton HS (1 State Champ, 6 NE Regional Champs and 24 DXI Champs) Mike Bateman - Referee Tom Best - -Bethlehem Catholic HS. PIAA state champion 1979. Joe Blankowitsch Gary Blockus - Reporter for The Morning Call Tom Bold Lee Bolmer Bill Brenneman Bernie Brown - Bethlehem Catholic HS, 2x State Champ, 4x EIWA placewinner Mike Brown - Bethlehem Catholic HS, State Champ, 4x EIWA Champ, 4x All-American at Lehigh Tom Bubba Terry Case Joe Cesari - Head Coach North Schuylkill, 6th winningest coach in DXI, 7x DXI Coach of the Year, 10 State Champs, 31 SE Regional Champs, 31 DXI Champs, Current Referee Joe Cesari Jr. - North Schuylkill, 3x State Medalist Steve Cesari - North Schuylkill, 3x State Champ Bruce A. Clymer Bob Colletta - Referee Doug Collina - Notre Dame HS, Retired Referee Jack Collins Mike Connor Dave Crowell - Head Coach at Easton, Wilson, Nazareth, 9x DXI Coach of the year, 14 State Champs, 26 NE Regional AAA Champs, 18 SE Regional AA Champs, 60 DXI Champs. Jack Cuvo - Easton, 3x State Champ, 4x State Medalist, 2x NCAA Champ, 3x NCAA Medalist, best winning percentage in Easton History 98.60% Karl Detweiler Cory Debias - Northern Lehigh Bill Diebler Stan Dziedzic - Three-time PSAC and three-time NCAA College Division national
champion. Division I national title in 1971 and national runner-up in 1972. His collegiate record at The Rock was
116-2 with both of his losses coming against fellow national champions. Won a bronze medal at the 1975 Olympic
Games in Montreal and a gold medal in the 1980 World Championships. A former collegiate coach, Dziedzic was named
in 1977 as the winner of the SRU Outstanding Alumni Award and was the Amateur Wrestling News' "Man of the
Year" in 1980. He has also been inducted into the National Wrestling and Division II Wrestling Coaches halls
of fame. Rick Edwards - Head Coach North Schuylkill John Fenstermacher - Instrumental in starting up and keeping the success of West Bethlehem Wrestling Club. Also very involved in the Liberty Hurricane Wrestling Club. Dennis Fenton - Head Coach at Notre Dame, 3x DXI Ciach of the Year, 9th winningest coach in DXI Mike Fenton Bob Ferraro - Easton, President of NHSCA Ray Ferraro - Easton Nick Fierro - Reporter for The Express Times Sean Finkbeiner - Northampton, 3x State Medalist Ron Flemming Larry Fornicola John Fritz - Liberty HS, 1st State Champ, NCAA Champ at Penn State, Retired Head Coach at Penn State. Carl Frankett Matt Gerhard - Catasauqua, 4x State Champ Richard Gross |
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Frank Guitierrerz - Head Coach Liberty, 1st DXI Coach of the Year, 4x DXI Coach of the Year, 8th winningest coach in DXI Bob Guzzo Dick Hammer - Radio & TV Personality James Harkins Dave Hawk Charlie Helfrich Scott Hovan - William Allen HS, 2x State Champ, 2x NCAA Champt at Pittsburgh, Ex-Head Coach at Parkland and Methacton HS, currently Assistant Coach at Quakertown HS. Tony Iasiello - Liberty, Head Coach at Bethlehem Catholic, 2nd winningest coach in District XI, 11 State Champs, President of District XI Coaches Assoc. 2x DXI Coach of the Year, Inducted into Nation Wrestling Hall of Fame Charles Jablonski Frank Jordan - Retired Referee amd longtime DXI and NE Regional scorekeeper/clockman. Jody Karam - Easton, Head Coach at Liberty Bob Kern - Freedom HS, Ex-Head Coach at No. Lehigh, Referee Dick King Doug Koch Bill Krebs Paul Kuklentz Gary Laubach - RCN TV Personality Archie Leigh Charles Lerch Jake Llewellyn - Referee Jack Logic - Radio Personality Dr. John Lux John Maitland - Head Coach at Easton Joe Mamana John Marfia Jr. - Easton, Wilkes College Enzo Marinelli Ted Martz John Massiado - Assistant Coach at Northampton HS. Jack McCallum - Ex-Morning Call Reporter now writing for Sports Illustrated. Bill McCoach - Voice of District XI Tournament Jim McIntyre Richard McIntyre John Myers Mike Meilinger Ted Meixell - Reporter for The Morning Call Mike Moore - Radio Personality John Morrison David Mutton Dennis Nemes Ken Nickisher Ray Nunamaker - Head Coach at Nazareth, all-time winningest coach in DXI, 7x DXI Coach of the Year, 9 State Champs, 38 NE Regional Champs, 51 DXI Champs. Tom Ortwein Tom Persing Phillip Phillippi John Piper Steve Powell - Head Coach at Easton, 5x DXI Coach of the Year, 17 State Champs, 54 NE Regional Champs, 65 DXI Champs Robert "Pete" Purdy - Wilson Area H.S. Paul Reinhard Matt Reiss - NCAA Champ Jerry Rodriquez Rick Rodriquez Don Rohn - Saucon Valley, Ex-Head Coach at Northampton, 8 State Champs. Rob Rohn - Nazareth, Lehigh, NCAA Champ |
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Russell Rohrbach Larry Ross Greg Ruth Dick Rutt - State Champ from Easton, 2x DXI Champ, Started "the Streak" Jim Santo Dick Santoro - Bethlehem Catholic HS, Lehigh U. 3x EIWA placewinner, All American, NCAA Bronze in 1958 Pat Santoro - Bethlehem Catholic HS, Head Coach at U. of Maryland, Head Coach & Asst Coach at Lehigh U. Rich Santoro - Bethlehem Catholic HS, Lehigh U. PIAA state champion. 3x
EIWA place winner. 3x All American. Art Schaeffer Don Schleicher C. Preston Scoboria Pat Sculley - Bethlehem Catholic HS, Lehigh U., . PIAA state champion. 2x EIWA place winner Tom Sculley - Bethlehem Catholic HS, Lehigh U. 2x EIWA Champ and 3x EIWA medalist, NCAA Champ in 1974 Ed Seibert Billy Sheridan - First ever Lehigh U. Coach Larry Sheridan Shel Siegel - Retired President of Channel 39 TV. He was the voice of PIAA state wrestling championships. Andy Silock Gene Smith - Easton Glenn Smith Al Snellman - Past Head Coach at Freedom HS and DXI Committee Member. Ron Spinner - Head Coach at Stroudsburg, 5th winningest coach in District XI Sam Spinelli Bill Stark Greg Strobel - Head Coach at Lehigh U. Barry Snyder - Easton, Asst. Coach at Easton Bryan Snyder - Easton, State Champ and 2x NCAA Runnerup Keith Taylor Howard Tice James Teirnan Pat Tocci Jr. John Toggas - Ex-Head Coach at Parkland, 20 State Champs Jon Trenge - Parkland HS , 2x DXI Champ, 4x DXI Medalist, 2x NE Regional Champ, 2x State Champ, 3x State Medalist, Lehigh U. Bill Trexler Scott Turner - Freedom, NCAA Champ at NC State. Thad Turner - Coach at Phillipsburg NJ, Head Coach at Lehigh U. Dominic Villani - Chairman of District XI Harry Wall Gene Waas - Referee, Referee Assessor, Assigner Ed Watto Bobby Weaver - Easton HS, 3x DXI Champ, 2x NE Regional Champ, 3x State Champ, Olympic Gold Medalist Chris Wentz - Northwestern Lehigh HS.-4x district X1 champion. 4x NE regional champion. 3x PIAA state place winner. Finishing 2nd twice and 3rd once. Bob Welty Bob Winters Bill Young Al Zarbatany Bob Zarbatany - Ex-Head Coach at Easton retired 1977, 8 State Champs, 24 NE Regional Champs, 32 DXI Champs. Jim Zenz - Saucon Valley HS, NC State. PIAA state champion. The first
ever NC State wrestler to place at the NCAA Tournament, finishing sixth at 118 pounds in 1979. Finished third in
the NCAAs in 1980. Was an All-American in 1979 and 1980. A two-time ACC Champion as well. |
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