By Eric Todd
Again, a huge thanks to John Strangeway and Sanjiv Gupta for their tireless efforts in keeping this list updated and accurate. This is the last update for 2023. You can find the most recent updates here: https://www.usawa.com/about-us-2/record-list-2/
By Eric Todd
I was absolutely blessed and privileged to be asked to vouch for Frank when it came to his National Wrestling Hall of Fame nomination and ultimate induction. I am a wrestler at heart. That was my first love and my greatest. My boy Everett is now invested. Nothing I have done has prepared me for life like wrestling. So, I understand what this accolade means. There is no sport that compares in regard to the sacrifice. And Frank has sacrificed indeed.
Frank has been inducted into the Massachusetts chapter of the National Wrestling Hall Of Fame under the designation of “Medal of Courage”. This is the third Hall of Fame that I am aware of that Frank has been inducted to, but there may be more. He was inducted into the USAWA Hall of Fame in 1996 (bio found here: Frank’s HOF Bio). He was also inducted into the Massachusetts Interscholastic Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame back in 2015. Please see below for Frank’s induction writeup from the “National Wrestling Hall of Fame Massachusetts Chapter 2023 Induction Ceremony & Honors Banuet” booklet. Congrats Frank. An accolade that is well deserved!
We are working on getting national results from before we had a website recorded on the website in an effort to preserve a more complete history. This one that I am posting here is from 1998. They are all transcribed from the “Strength Journal” by Bill Clark. This was an idea of Frank Ciavattone’s and was presented at the national meeting in 2022. Enjoy a little piece of history:
By Bill Clark (From “US All-Round Weightlifting Association Strength Journal”, Vol. XV, No. 5, July