Takedown Report

InterMat Reads: A Wrestler’s Curse

Dr. Bill Welker has plenty to share with the amateur wrestling community.
The former wrestler/coach/official has been generous in sharing his knowledge and experience about the sport over the decades. Welker produced the classic instructional DVD titled The Pancake Takedown Series … and continues to share his insights into wrestling in ongoing ways, as co-host with his son on The Rick Welker Show radio broadcast, and in his own “Mat Talk” column which appears in every issue of Wrestling USA magazine.
If that weren’t enough, Welker has found time to write books about the oldest and greatest sport. authored The Wrestling Drill Book , the classic instructional which earlier this summer earned an award at the 2019 Independent Press Awards Program. Just two years ago, Welker shared his life story on and off the mat in his 2017 memoir, A Sparrow’s Spirit, which was declared winner in the sports category by the Beverly Hills Book Awards judges.
Now Welker shares his passion for wrestling with a brand-new novel, A Wrestler’s Curse, now available from RoseDog Books.
Meet Bill Welker
Welker — widely known in the wrestling community as Billy — was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania — coal country — where he was introduced to wrestling in third grade. He won a PIAA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association) state title in 1963, following in the footsteps of his older brother Floyd (1959 champ) and a cousin Harold who won his PIAA crown at the Keystone State’s very first state championship in 1938. Welker went on to be a teacher for 40 years, as well as serve as a wrestling coach and wrestling official, and was involved in crafting the rules for the sport.
For all his contributions to wrestling, Welker has been welcomed into a number of wrestling Halls of Fame, including the Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame, and National Wrestling Hall of Fame, West Virginia Chapter.
Meet Jacob Christian, star student-athlete
A Wrestlers Curse tells the story of Jacob Christian, a high-achieving young man in the classroom and in wrestling. On top of that, Jacob was “raised right” by loving, supportive parents who have instilled in him a strong moral compass, a well-developed spiritual sense, and sincere empathy for others. Rest of the story by Mark Palmer at
http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22306?mc_cid=1788af9e74&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

September 7, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized