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Former wrestler John McCain loses cancer battle

Editor’s Notes; Senator McCain is famous and well known for many things beyond his time as a wrestler. His time and experiences as a naval cadet and graduate of the academy in Annapolis, Maryland where he is to be buried, made him a veteran who fought for our country. His lifetime of patriotic service and values are well documented as we heard him recognized in a memorable service today from the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. His experience as a wrestler helped him in a small, yet significant, part to be an American that served our country well.
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Sen. John McCain, U.S. military hero held captive in Vietnam, long-time politician who ran for President twice, and wrestler in high school and the U.S. Naval Academy, passed away Saturday after a year-long battle with brain cancer less than a week before his 82nd birthday. John McCain, The senior senator for Arizona had learned in July 2017 that he had what the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix described as a “primary brain tumor known as a glioblastoma.” John Sidney McCain III was born on Aug. 29, 1936, in Panama at Coco Solo Naval Air Station, arriving into a prominent military family with his father, John McCain Jr., and grandfather, John McCain Sr., who were the first father-son admiral pair in U.S. Naval history. A 1954 graduate of Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., McCain’s senior yearbook describes him as “infamous as one of our top-flight wrestlers.” While a student at Episcopal, he also participated in football, drama, and yearbook staff, among other activities. “As a wrestler, Johnny was good, not great,” wrote Robert Timberg in his 1999 book “John McCain: An American Odyssey.” “Competing at 127 pounds, he could be counted on to win when he was supposed to and sometimes spring an upset. In one match he pinned his opponent in thirty-seven seconds, setting a school record. McCain and his teammate, Richey, seemed like peas in a pod, small, tough, cocky.” Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20489

September 1, 2018 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized