Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1992
- Class:
- 1936
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER: Graduated from Kent State High School in 1932…Lettered in football, wrestling, and baseball…KSU CAREER: Earned eight letters, football (3), wrestling (3), and baseball (2)…In 1933 he won the Tri-State Wrestling Championships…1934 he placed 2ndin the National A.A.U. Tournament…Received Bachelor’s Degree in Education in 1936…POST KSU CAREER: Taught Industrial Arts and coached at Rootstown and several other high schools until his retirement in 1971…In 1941 he coached wrestling at Kent State until his induction into the Navy in 1942…He served on an oil tanker in the Mid-East as a gunnery officer, achieving the rank of lieutenant, and was discharged in 1945 at which time he resumed his educational career…PERSONAL: Born in Cleveland, Ohio, November 17, 1910, and moved to Kent at age nine…He and wife, Margaret, had one son, Joseph…Joseph Sr. passed away in the Fall of 1971.
