Addleman pins competition down
By Eric Boyum
Daily Forty-Niner
He ruled the wrestling mats for two years
and didn't lose a dual meet competition for two seasons from 1960-61.
Long Beach State wrestler Frank Addleman
qualified for the 1960 Olympic games and the NCAA championships in 1961
in the 140-pound weight class.
As a wrestling coach, he pioneered programs
at Corona Del Mar High School and Santa Ana College, in which time he has
taught 35 All-Americans over a span of 17 years. Seven of his proteges
have won NCAA championships.
Addleman was recently honored when he was
inducted at into the Long Beach State Athletic Hall of Fame this year as
part of the 1999 class.
He is the third wrestler to be inducted.
However, honors and banquets are nothing
new to Addleman.
For his success in wrestling and teaching
the sport, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in
1998.
In addition to being known as coach, he
is also known as professor emeritus at Santa Ana College.
Addleman has been recognized for his ability
to pass on the trade of grappling, having been named Orange County, Southern
California and California Coach of the Year.
While competing as an athlete for LBSU
in the Pacific Coast Conference, he finished third and then second overall
in his weight class during back-to-back seasons. He also won the A.A.U.
Western Regional Championship in 1961.
Addleman said he owes much of his success
in wrestling and in teaching to what he learned from his mentors in the
49er athletic department as a student athlete.
"Back in those days (the ‘60s), coaching
was a teaching and training program," Addleman said.
"All of the coaches taught… It was the
best teacher preparation I had."
This feature is the fourth in a series
of inductees into the 49er Athletic Hall of Fame 1999 class. |
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