Let us begin with what Jack Stanbro is doing nowadays. He is a retired teacher and a PIE Pairing Official for USA Wrestling, and a member of the Pairings Advisory Board of the USWOA. Until recently, he was the Chairman of fundraising for NY-USA Wrestling. He is President of the NYS Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He is the Northeast Co-Director of State Chapters of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He is recognized as a wrestling photographer of considerable skill, though perhaps not as highly praised as his wife, Sonja. He has made his coaching skills available to local wrestling clubs and individual wrestlers. He serves as a bank of knowledge for wrestlers, coaches, officials, pairers, reporters and anyone else with queries about wrestling. He is an ambassador for the sport. At Homer (NY) High School, Jack was awarded the Hanson Award as Athlete of the Year for his feats in football, wrestling and track. He wrestled to the NY Section 4 Championship in 1955 - there were no state champions at the time. Wrestling for Ithaca College, Jack was the NCAA Division I runner-up in 1960. He was the 4-I Champion in 1957 and 1960. He twice received Most Valuable Wrestler Awards. He was a Wilkes Open Champion in 1958. He lettered in wrestling four years, football for four years, one year in track. He was selected to the All-East football team in 1959. Beginning while a college wrestler, Jack won District AAU Championships from 1956 to 1968. He won Eastern AAU Championships in 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1967. He is a five-time All American. Jack placed fourth in the 1960 Olympic Trials. He was the National YMCA Champion in 1961. In 1962 and again in 1963, Jack took third at the AAUs. In 1965 he was second, with no losses. Jack was a USA Team Member in 1962 and 1963. After graduating with a degree in education, Jack taught physical education at Ithaca High School and coached the JV wrestling team (14-0) for one year before accepting a position at Lindenhurst High School on Long Island. At Lindenhurst, Jack taught science and physical education and coached the varsity wrestling team. His teams there compiled a record of 157-14-4. They were League Tournament champions in seven of the ten years Jack coached them. They were Section XI Champions for five consecutive years (1964-1968.) Three of his Lindenhurst wrestlers made the Junior World Team in 1967. Jack also served in various capacities for the Lindenhurst school system during this time. He was the Varsity Club advisor from 1965 to 1972, the President of the Lindenhurst Coaches Association from 1969 to 1972, and a member of numerous committees (Salary, Awards, Curriculum, Student Rules, etc.) while on the faculty at Lindenhurst. In 1972 Jack returned Upstate when he accepted a position as a physical education teacher and coach at Johnson City High School. He coached and taught there until 1989. His Johnson City teams compiled a record of 188-55-7. They were NY State Champions in 1987 and 1988. As he did in Lindenhurst, Jack involved himself in the workings of the school system and the community in several capacities. Two of his works stand out. He formed the Johnson City Wrestling Booster Club in 1972 and managed its efforts until 1989, and he served as chaperone for the Senior Class Trip in 1981 and again in 1984 (once is understandable). The youth wrestling programs he established while at Johnson City have been the underpinnings of the continued success of the program there. He started the Section 4 Coaches Association and Banquet and was president of the association for four years. He served as Section 4 Chairman for six years. Jack has coached three NCAA champions, plus other place winners, and one junior college champion, plus other place winners. Jack was the NYS Freestyle Coach in 1967 and the NYS Freestyle and Greco Coach in 1972 when the team produced five Junior National Champions. In 1971 he was Freestyle Coach for the USA Junior World Team in Japan where it tied for third with the USSR team, each earning 32 points (2nd- Iran, 33 pts., 1st- Bulgaria, 34 pts.). He served as Team Leader of the USA Junior Team in 1973 when it went to Poland. In 1975 he returned to Poland with his Johnson City team, the first such cultural exchange involving a New York high school team. Subsequent JC team trips arranged and led by Jack include Hawaii and Alaska in 1986, and the USSR in 1989. From 1986 to 1989, Jack was the Central Region Coach for the Empire State Games. He was instrumental in the creation of the USWF (NY-USA) and was its State Chairman for eleven years. He also served on the Board of Directors of the USWF (USA Wrestling) representing the High School Congress and, from 1970 to 1978, served as its first vice president. In addition to his selections as coach and team leader for international competitions, Jack has received numerous honors for his contributions to wrestling. Six times he was named Coach of the Year between Sections 4 and 11. In 1968, he was named National Prep Coach of the Year. He was USWF Man of the Year in 1973. In 1984 he was inducted into the Ithaca College Hall of Fame. He has served as President of the New York State Chapter of the National Hall of Fame since 1996. He was elected President of the National Wrestling Media Association in 1997, and again in 1999. In 1998 Jack was recognized as USA Wrestling Pairer of the Year (Ivan Olsen Award), in 1999 he was appointed Northeast Regional Co-Director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, and in 2005 received the Bernie Norris Memorial Award as the Master Pairer of the Year. Jack's family, especially Sonja, share Jack's love for wrestling and his pleasure in participating in and contributing to the sport. Their three daughters (Kathy, Christine and Audra) were all scorekeepers in high school and runners at the Junior Nationals in Iowa. Oldest son Tom was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American at Oswego State and now teaches and coaches in Greene, NY. William (Bill) was a High School All-American at the Junior Nationals, and NCAA Division II All-American at the University of Buffalo, and he now teaches defensive tactics at the NYS Police Academy in Albany as well as fulfilling his duties as a NYS Trooper assigned as a School Resource Officer in Dryden, NY, where he is also volunteering his services as the wrestling coach. Youngest son Jack Jr. (J.J.) was a three-time High School All-American at the Junior Nationals, a two-time All-American at the USA University Nationals (wrestling for Clarion University), and a National Open All American. J.J. now teaches and coaches at Union-Endicott High School in Endicott, NY. Jack's other contributions to wrestling at the national, regional, state and local levels are simply too numerous to list here. His past work for the USWF, USA Wrestling, the AAU, USWOA and other organizations are known in part by many who love the sport, but few know more than a fraction of the totality of his efforts and accomplishments.