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Distinguished Member Werner Holzer Passes Away

Werner Holzer, a Distinguished Member inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1993, passed away on Monday, at the age of 81.   There will be a celebration of life on December 8 in Fall Brook, California.
“Werner Holzer’s contributions to our sport cannot be measured by his wrestling and coaching career alone,” said Lee Roy Smith, Executive Director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. “He possessed a great desire and motivation to advance the developmental structures and opportunities so that wrestlers could excel at every level of the sport. His persistence to help the sport’s National Governing Body (USA Wrestling) attain a new culture of leadership and opportunities in the 1970s and 1980s should never be forgotten.”

After helping launch kids, junior and adult programs across the state of Illinois, Holzer carried his fight for the development of wrestling into the halls of Chicago’s city government. He emerged as founder, fundraiser, athlete and coach for the Mayor Daley Youth Foundation, and led his club to 15 national freestyle and Greco-Roman titles.  Rest of the story at https://nwhof.org/blog/distinguished-member-werner-holzer-passes-away/

November 4, 2018 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized