Honorg a legend: Whman-Hanson nam wrtlg tournament after former ach and triple Hall of Famer Bob Gay - The Boston Globe

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Whman-Hanson wrtlg ach Gary Rabovz and AD Bob Rodgers cid to honor the 70-year-old achg legend by renamg the Panther Invatnal as the Bob Gay Invatnal.

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JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY

Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * wrestling coach gay *

Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen told Outsports on Thursday that he is gay, makg him the first publicly out male ach major men’s pro sports the Uned Stat. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn.

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Bob Gay would not have gused that a late-night phone ll would lead to a Hall of Fame reer a sport he knew nothg about. * wrestling coach gay *

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. The NCAA's first openly gay wrtler has been arrted on child pornography charg. Donovan beme the NCAA’s first ever openly gay wrtler while petg at Centenary Universy.

Bob Gay.

Longtime Whman-Hanson Regnal High Wrtlg ach Bob Gay will be ducted to the Natnal Wrtlg Hall of Fame. Bob Gay would not have gused that a late-night phone ll would lead to a Hall of Fame reer a sport he knew nothg about. 30, 1979 and Gay had jt nclud his fourth season as the Whman-Hanson Regnal High girls’ golf ach.

JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

”’ Gay said. Gay had no prr wrtlg experience, but he — still a b shocked — obliged. “Everythg was foreign to me, ” Gay relled.

However, Gay didn’t let his lack of knowledge hr him one b. The 1987-88 Panther wrtlg team’s members celebrate the first South Sectnal Champnship school history – unr the achg of Bob Gay, set.

“My job would be to make sure the kids would get to shape and were workg out and all that stuff, ” Gay said. Gay served as the assistant ach for five seasons, before takg the 1984-85 mpaign off for personal reasons. The acplishments of the program beme Gay’s biggt recg tool.

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“Kids like to enjoy some succs, ” Gay, who also served as the assistant prcipal at W-H om 1988-95 and the prcipal om 1995-2001, said. Gay’s wrtlers changed by the season, but his expectatns of his Panthers wrtlg program did not. “We had the three same goals every year, ” Gay said.

Bee of Gay, W-H created a Good Sportsmanship Award aimed to regnize fairns and rpect for one’s opponent displayed outsi of s own program.

HONORG A LEGEND: WHMAN-HANSON NAM WRTLG TOURNAMENT AFTER FORMER ACH AND TRIPLE HALL OF FAMER BOB GAY

“I thought, at the time, we have our own awards for most improved wrtler, MVP, rookie of the year, but I thought we should be acknowledgg people who displayed good sportsmanship on other teams, ” Gay explaed. In 2012, Gay began achg wrtlg aga as an assistant to one of his former wrtlers at W-H, Nick Flynn, on the gural Bristol-Plymouth/Coyle-Cassidy -op.

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Gay beme the head ach the followg season, a posn he still holds today.

“If you walked to a Bristol-Plymouth/Coyle-Cassidy practice you would swear you were at a Whman-Hanson practice, ” Gay said.

A few months ago, Gay was shocked aga. “I don’t know anyone there, ” Gay relled of his reactn to receivg the piece of mail. For Gay, who has already been ducted to the MA Wrtlg Coach’ Hall of Fame 2012 and New England Wrtlg Coach’ Hall of Fame 2016, this is the ultimate achievement.

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