Bob Siddens and Don Huff to go ‘On the Mat’ this week

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Dan Gable Museum ()
12/13/2010


Listen to Wednesday's show below.


Waterloo wrestling legend, Bob Siddens, and Don Huff, two-time high school state champion, will be radio show guests this week.

“On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum and can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan. Feel free to e-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with any questions or comments about the show. 

Siddens led the Waterloo West Wahawks to 11 state championships and a dual meet record of 327-23-3 as the head wrestling coach from 1950-77. He is a distinguished member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and officiated the NCAA Division I tournament 27 times. 

Huff won two state titles at Waterloo West in the 1950s under Siddens’ tutelage and served as an assistant under Siddens until taking over as the head coach in 1977, a post he served until 1998. Huff recently completed a book entitled, “Siddens! Win with Humility, Lose with Dignity…But Don’t Lose!”