Wrestling Award Recipients- USA Magazine (CA)
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Wrestling USA Magazine National Award Recipients since 1980s (California)
Al Fontes, Editor of The California Wrestler (and HOF member) remembers the greats of the sport in this list of Hall of Famers covering the ’70s to the present. It is said, “”There are many past coaches, officials, athletes and supporters of wrestling who should be recognized and remembered for their contributions to our sport… “The oldest living sport”. Wrestling!”” (California Wrestling Hall of Fame)
Let the games begin!
State Editor-of-the-Year Award Recipients
2001 – Al Fontes (TCW)
1992 – Lynn Dyche
Master-of-Wrestling Award Recipient
1980 – Dr. Charles Buell
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Person-of-the-Year Award Recipients
2017 – Michael Cho (TCW)
2016 – Pablo DiMaria
2006 – Judy Rider
2005 – Dick Bailey
2003 – Ruben Leon
2002 – Jim Root
2001 – Al Fontes (TCW)
2000 – Diane Evans
1996 – Bill Grant (TCW)
1994 – Chuck Chandler
1992 – Duane Morgan
1991 – LeRoy Evans
Wrestling Award Recipients- Coach-of-the-Year
1994 – Jose Campo
1993 – John Azevedo
1984 – Lennis Cowell
1982 – Frank Gonzales
1979 – Charles Lee
1973 – Lynn Dyche
Assistant Coach-of-the-Year Award Recipient
1993 – Joe Ismay
Magazine Official-of-the-Year Award Recipient
1996 – Charlie Douglas
Magazine Coach’s Wife-of-the-Year Award Recipients
1984 – Diane Evans
1983 – Judy Zavala
Photographer-of-the-Year Award Recipients
2011 – Amber Smith
1993 – Irv Oliner
Sportswriter-of-the-Year Award Recipient
1993 – Ty Phillips
Feature image courtesy California Wrestling Hall of Fame
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Al Fontes
AL FONTES “aka, Coach Al” has over 38 years service in the sport of wrestling. He has served as the California State Editor of the California Wrestler Newsletter since 1995. He has also been a contributing editor for several national wrestling publications and websites (Wrestling USA Magazine, Amateur Wrestling News, WIN Magazine, InterMat and theMat.com). His awards include Wrestling USA Editor-of-the-Year, WUSA Man-of-the-Year, and at the 2001 CIF State Championships, he was given the Irv Oliner Award for contributions to California wrestling.
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