Florida Chapter

Official State Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame


2023 Pinellas County Finals Unites 11 Alumni

Pete Collins’ good idea brought alumni together from the the inaugural class of 2000 through the most recent class of 2022.

11 local members of the Florida Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and 1 from Michigan were invited to attend the finals of the Pinellas County Conference Championships on Feb11. Thank you to Countryside, host coach, Mark Prince for the introductions.

Members in attendance were Harriet Weller (2000), Father Michael Devine (2001), David Frayer (2002), Walt Allison (2004), Pete Collins (2012), Charlotte Owen (2012), John Niles (2014), Jim Smoot (2019, Marc Allison (2020), John Lawton (2022), Mark Prince (2022), and Tom McDougall (Michigan 2020).

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