College Wrestling Coaches in the United States: Iowa Hawkeyes Wrestling Coaches, Iowa State Cyclones Wrestling Coaches

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling coaches, Iowa State Cyclones wrestling coaches, Oregon State Beavers wrestling coaches, James Chico Hernandez, Randy Couture, Cliff Keen, Dan Gable, Robin Reed, Harold Nichols, Les Gutches, Tom Brands, David Vizzini, Bob Kahler, Dale O. Thomas, Jim Zalesky, Tommy Rowlands, Joe DeMeo, Jack Spates, James George Arbuthnot, Arthur Maughan, Greg Strobel. Excerpt: James Chico Hernandez (born April 14, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is an accomplished athlete in the sport of Sambo and a seven-time member of the Team USA National Team. Hernandez was born in the Heart of Chicago, at 1812 South Desplaines Street in a neighborhood located near the junctions of Armour Square, South Loop neighborhood and the Lower West Side, Chicago community called Pilsen. He was born to a Cuban father, from Sancti Spiritus, Cuba and a Puerto Rican mother from New York City; of Greek heritage. He attended Providence of God Catholic School from 1959 to 1965; where he played softball on the schools team. He also honed not only his athletic skills, but his street wise survival skills living in Chicago's gang ridden and high crime port of entry area. He began playing unorganized ice hockey at 8 years old in the local parks. In 1963, his father would bring him to Rainbo Arena ice skating rink located in the Uptown section of a Chicago North Side neighborhood. When Hernandez turned 12, his family moved to an unincorporated portion of South Stickney Township, which is now the city of Burbank. He attended Rosa G. Maddock Elementary Grade School where he played on the schools volleyball, football, basketball, and softball Jr. High teams. His main love was still ice hockey which he played in the parks and pick up games till his senior year in high school where he played his school's premier ice hockey club team. Hernandez competed a...