Edward P. Hubbard was a 1959 graduate of Bay Shore High School. He was a three sport standout in football, wrestling, and track, throwing the shotput and the discus.

A two-way tackle in football, he was a two-time All-Suffolk County selection who former Bay Shore gridiron coach Joe Erickson described as "the toughest linesman I ever coached or coached against.”

As a wrestler, Hubbard was a three-time Suffolk County and Long Island champion who led Bay Shore to three Suffolk County team titles. A third-place finisher in the Suffolk County tournament as a freshman, he only had one loss in his last two years. The loss came when the normal 168-pound competitor competed at heavyweight.

As a senior, Hubbard was a Long Island All-Star wrestling team champion and the Junior AAU New York Athletic Club champion while also being named Outstanding Wrestler after six consecutive pins at 174 pounds for the Town of Islip.

As a fifth grader in 1952, Eddie was introduced to the sport of wrestling in the living room of the Leggio family in Bay Shore. Leggio brothers Carmen, Jumper, and Ralph first taught Hubbard the basics of wrestling. Hubbard was hooked on the sport he came to revere. Upon entering Bay Shore High School, Hubbard met the man he still refers to as “my second father.” That man was Bay Shore coach Cliff Clark. Under Clark’s watchful eyes, Hubbard became one of Bay Shore wrestling's all-time greats along with his lifelong friends, the Leggios.

Hubbard’s love of wresting and Bay Shore inspired him to his greatest passion in life, coaching youth wrestling. It was a time for Hubbard to give back to the sport that had led him to achieve so much. And give back he did! Hubbard has been a volunteer youth wrestling coach for nearly 40 years.

In 1964, Hubbard became a volunteer coach along with Jumper Leggio and Bill Knapp in the Bay Shore Kid wrestling program. He has remained there ever since. In 1974, Suffolk police officer Bob Hubbard directed his brother Eddie to start the Bay Shore Police Athletic League wrestling program at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Shore. Between these two programs, Hubbard spawned the careers of many wrestlers who went on to become Suffolk place winners and champions, including Eddie’s nephew Robbie, a 1983 New York State high school champion.

Many of the youth in the PAL program were underprivileged boys whom Hubbard took off the streets and monitored closely. He gave them money for food and tried to mentor them the way Cliff had done for him.

Hubbard was voted "Man of the Year" by the Bay Shore Athletic Sponsors in 1987 and he was elected to the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.

Now, the man who calls wrestling “My Life” and who has shown an unprecedented dedication and commitment to youth, through wrestling receives a fitting honor with the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Lifetime Service to Wrestling award.