Inductees

Allen wrestled at Turlock High School, placing third in the Nor Cal Championships in 1958. He wrestled and played football for San Francisco State College (1958-61), winning the Far Western Conference title at 191 pounds. He was 2nd in the PCI Championships, and he was selected to the Division II All-American football team.

Allen coached wrestling for 18 years (1963-1982) at San Francisco State University, compiling a record of 172-71. His teams won eight FWC titles, and he coached 47 FWC champions, 25 NCAA Division II All-Americans and one NCAA Division I All-American. He also coached three National AAU Freestyle Champions and two National AAU Greco-Roman National Champions.

He was selected five times as the FWC Coach of the Year. More than 60 of his SF State wrestlers are now high school or college wrestling coaches. Dr. Abraham was the Director of the Olympic Wrestling Training Camps from 1977-1983 and a member of the NCAA Rules Committee 1977-1983. He was a USA Olympic Staff Member in Montreal (1976), the USA Junior World Greco-Roman Coach and Team Leader in 1976 for a trip to Poland, and the USA Freestyle Team Leader in Skopje, Yugoslavia (1981) and in Edmonton, Canada (1982).

He served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Wrestling Division of the National AAU from 1977-1983, and served as President, Vice President, and Chair of the Personnel Committee. He also served as President of the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association. He received a FILA Bronze Medal in 1979 for International Contribution to the Sport of Wrestling, was recognized as AAU Wrestling Division’s Man of the Year (1982) and received the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Bay Area Wrestling Association (1995). Dr. Abraham is presently a professor of Kinesiology and associate department chair at San Francisco State University.