Kurt Angle and UB Graduate Don Curtis selected as inductees into George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
By Dan Gable Museum
10/12/2011
WATERLOO, Iowa - Kurt Angle and UB Graduate Don Curtis have been selected as the 2012 inductees into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is located inside the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa.
The selection committee includes all living Hall of Fame members, all living Frank Gotch Award winners, and a select group of wrestling historians. The selection committee votes for one living and one posthumous inductee.
Induction into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame includes substantial impact on professional wrestling, general respect within the profession, and a strong amateur wrestling background.
“I can’t think of someone more qualified than Kurt Angle to enter the Hall of Fame,” said Hall of Famer Gerry Brisco. “He won gold at every level. Don Curtis was a great man and an outstanding wrestler. He spent his entire life bettering wrestling. Both are great additions.”
Angle was a two-time NCAA champion for Clarion University and a 1996 Olympic champion. He joins Dan Hodge and Dick Hutton as distinguished members at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla., and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo. Angle, one of the biggest superstars in professional wrestling history, currently wrestles for TNA.
Curtis was a member of the University of Buffalo wrestling team. He was team captain in 1949 and 1950. Curtis was NWA tag team champion with Mark Lewin during the 1950s and 1960s. He died on March 6, 2008.
Four special awards are given during induction weekend as well. Special award winners will be announced on November 14, 2011.
Hall of Fame weekend is July 13-14, 2012, in Waterloo, Iowa.
Contact the National Wrestling Hall of Fame at (319) 233-0745 or orders@wrestlingmuseum.org for more information on induction weekend.
10.12.2011
Renovation Update and Message to Alumni and Friends
Alumni and Friends of UB Wrestling;
I would like to personally thank the over 60 alumni and friends that came together in the last six months to help us raise the much needed financial support for the renovation of the UB Wrestling facility project. The renovation of the facility is in its final stages of completion and will be ready for a grand unveiling on November 5th, 2011.
I am writing to you today to let you know that we have not yet achieved our full and final fundraising goal and we are now down to just one week remaining.
I would ask that you please make a final consideration to helping us finish our fundraising for the facility upgrade. I would like to personally thank those who are receiving this email and have already made a pledge in support of UB Wrestling.
I know that you will be proud of what you see and that your name or your family’s name will be forever attached to a significant moment in UB Wrestling history. All donations over $1,000 will be recognized on a plaque that will be displayed on the walls of the new UB Wrestling facility.
We have well over 400 plus wrestling alumni and we can achieve our goals if we get just a little help from the majority of our alumni. Every donation, large or small will help us achieve our final goal. Remember, you can give a onetime gift or spread your gift out over multiple years.
Thank you for your time and once again, I appreciate all that you have done so far. With your continued support, we can achieve greatness here at UB.
For those of you who would like to verbally commit to a pledge today, simply reply to this email and we will put your pledge in the system and forward reminder notices per your instruction.
Sincerely,
Jim Beichner
I would like to personally thank the over 60 alumni and friends that came together in the last six months to help us raise the much needed financial support for the renovation of the UB Wrestling facility project. The renovation of the facility is in its final stages of completion and will be ready for a grand unveiling on November 5th, 2011.
I am writing to you today to let you know that we have not yet achieved our full and final fundraising goal and we are now down to just one week remaining.
I would ask that you please make a final consideration to helping us finish our fundraising for the facility upgrade. I would like to personally thank those who are receiving this email and have already made a pledge in support of UB Wrestling.
I know that you will be proud of what you see and that your name or your family’s name will be forever attached to a significant moment in UB Wrestling history. All donations over $1,000 will be recognized on a plaque that will be displayed on the walls of the new UB Wrestling facility.
We have well over 400 plus wrestling alumni and we can achieve our goals if we get just a little help from the majority of our alumni. Every donation, large or small will help us achieve our final goal. Remember, you can give a onetime gift or spread your gift out over multiple years.
Thank you for your time and once again, I appreciate all that you have done so far. With your continued support, we can achieve greatness here at UB.
For those of you who would like to verbally commit to a pledge today, simply reply to this email and we will put your pledge in the system and forward reminder notices per your instruction.
Sincerely,
Jim Beichner
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