AN ALUMNI WEBSITE LOOK BACK...
"A Wrestler must LIVE Wrestling!"
▪▪ Paul C. McCleary's
Wrestling Shoes...
&
West York Wrestling Robe from
1948.
1940's
WEST YORK WRESTLING
w/Paul C. McCleary & Whedon Myers
submitted by
K.C. McCleary, Pat McCleary
& Kyle Miller
1940's
West York Wrestling
Coach Charles C. Richards, Jr.
Coach Chuck Richards (138-111-7)
1941-42
West
York
Wrestling
1942-43
West
York
Wrestling
1943-44
West
York
Wrestling
1944-45
West
York
Wrestling
1945-46
West
York
Wrestling
1946-47
West
York
Wrestling
▪ West York's Paul
C. McCleary is seated left - 2nd Row...(no shirt)
West York HS
Coach - Chuck Richards, is far right - 3rd row.
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Other WY'ers in above photo include... Lee Zellers, Leon Senft, Herb Marley,
Johnny
Schwartz,
Dean Harbold,
William
Grimmon,
Robert Grube, John Smith,
Herb Schmidt, Robert King & Paul Brodbeck. (Varsity)
 1947 Robert
King - 2nd Place @ '47 PIAA's...@ 165lbs.
•
1947 PIAA State Wrestling 165lb. Finals
Frank Rich (Lock Haven) dec. Robert King (West York) 2-0.
1947-48
West
York
Wrestling
▪ West York's Paul
C. McCleary is seated far left - 2nd Row...
West York HS
Coach - Chuck Richards, is far right - 4th row.
••
Other
WY'ers in above photo
include...
Lee Zellers, Jake Zellers, R. Barley,
Leon Senft, Herb Marley, Dean Harbold, Ault, Gross, Bob Grube, Stambaugh,
Herb Schmidt & Nolan Hengst.
(Varsity)
WEST YORK YEARBOOK '48
1948-49
West
York
Wrestling
Front Row
(L-R)
Edgar Swartz,
Gene Wise, Llewellyn Miller, Dale Bahn, Leon Senft,
Paul C. McCleary,
Lynn Harbold, Mark Reeves.
2nd Row (L-R) Russell Aldinger, John Bare, Wayne Miller, Elvin Clark, Glenn
Miller,
Philip Hoover, Austin Edgington, Richard Barley, David Hoover.
▪ The 3rd Row (L-R) ... Nolan Hengst, Donald Becker, Charles Smith, William
Zech,
Lester Mollison, Donald Nace, William Aldinger, Donald Rudisill.
▪ The 4th Row (L-R) ... Coach Chuck Richards, Harlan Mummert, Wilbur
Klinedinst,
Robert Miller, Jack Hayes, Gene Kessler,
Whedon Myers.
West York
HS Coach - Chuck Richards, is far left
-
4th row.
Paul C. McCleary, Jr.
above
photos submitted by K.C. McCleary, Pat McCleary
& Kyle Miller
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Paul C. McCleary, Jr.
11/14/32
-
06/19/15
"a great man & a great loss"
Rest in Peace...
Mr. McCleary
OBIT
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The Late Paul C. McCleary, Jr.
above
photo submitted by K.C. McCleary & Pat McCleary
Looking Back...46 Years Ago!
The West York Wrestling Booster Club
of
1971-72
led by Paul C. McCleary, Jr. -
put together and executed a
High School Division & Open College Division
WY
Summer
Wrestling
Tourney
which
was
very
successful for many years!
PIAA State Champions, National Prep Champions & NCAA Champions,
wrestled in this once great tourney!
Pewter Mugs and Pewter Plates for 1st - 4th!
The
Champions in the 1st
Booster Club Tourney
in
1972:
▪
HS
Division:
Dave
Quier,
Dan Niman,
Greg
Duke,
John Little, Bill Kaercher,
Steve Gantz, Chris Poff, Ed Neiswender, Mark Lieberman & Don Lehman.
▪
Open/College Division: Mike
Torchia, David Groverman, Norm Palovcsik,
Bill Luckenbaugh, Brian Schmidt, Jesse Rawls, Mike Lieberman & Tom Herr.
∙
Click the
-
West York Booster Summer
Tournament
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history
Looking Back...48 Years Ago!
1973 @ WY
"Poland
vs.
USA-PA
Meet!"...
Director - Paul C. McCleary,
Jr.
HERE!
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West York Coach Charles
"Chuck" Richards graduated from Erie Academy, Erie PA in 1929
and entered
F&M College in Lancaster, PA graduating in 1934
with a B.A. in History.
West York's 1st Wrestling Coach,
Charles "Chuck" Richards...
began his teaching career at West York Area Senior High
School in September of 1934.
Chuck Richards was West
York's first head coach and was a pioneer in York County Wrestling!
1934-35 West York team
names included - McDonald, Dubbs, Sheffer, Sitz, Buchanan, Gohn, King,
Whitmore,
Brokenshire, Silar, Wilhide, Gentzler, Sheffer,
Desenburgh, and wrestling manager Poff.
West York High School wrestled 8 dual meets
that year against the likes of Gettysburg Freshmen,
Manheim, F&M Frosh,
Atlas, Patton Trade & Navy Plebes. West York finished with a record of 4-4.
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The 1st West York dual meet was against Gettysburg
College Freshmen
-
held on 1/19/1935.
West York Area High
School lost that first wrestling dual meet 35-5.
But, the long and proud West York Wrestling tradition had
its beginning!
▪
The first West York Wrestling Team included wrestlers in grades seven through
twelve!
From
1934-54, Richards' high school wrestlers won 111 individual titles.
His teams won 72%
of
their wrestling matches. Coach Richards had nine wrestlers that went
on to coaching
careers: H. Leon Senft, Herb Schmidt, Udell Seitz, Johnny Swartz, Edward
Bupp, Nevin Hake,
Dean
Harbold, Ronald Myers and Eugene Brady.
Coach Richards' wrestling history was not
very long. He wrestled intramurals at Erie Academy.
At F&M,
he wrestled Hwt., having to lose weight before each match to make the
weight limit.
The F&M Head Coach at that time was Charles Mayser...
F&M was National Champion in the 30's!
Coach Richards also started the football program at West York, organized a boys
and girls track
program,
coached the basketball team for one year, and coached a West York girls fencing team.
Richards' WY Football Teams won 69% of their games
during his 18 seasons. Coach Richards
headed up the school's track program for 24 years.
He retired from teaching @ West York in 1975.
▪
Charles "Chuck" Richards is in the York Area, District III and
PWCA PA Wrestling Halls
of Fames.
▪
Coach Chuck Richards left the WY coaching duties at the end of the 1955-56 season.
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