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National Wrestling Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Steven Biondolillo; Rod Buttry from The Kraft Group; Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots; and Lee Roy Smith, Executive Director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. More than 460 gathered at Gillette Stadium to recognize leaders in the Massachusetts wrestling community for their lifetime contributions to Olympic wrestling. Steven served as the event’s master of ceremonies and Kraft was the keynote speaker. Proceeds from the event benefited youth wrestling in Massachusetts. - Steven H. Biondolillo
- Athletic Notes
- Steven is a former member of the coaching staff of Boston College’s NCAA Division I wrestling program.
- He is currently a guest clinician serving a variety of high school, college and mixed martial arts (MMA) programs.
- Steven is also a member of the wrestling program at the New York Athletic Club, one of the nation’s leading centers for Olympic Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.
- In 2002, 2003 and 2005, he was one of 500 Americans charged with selecting the winner of the prestigious Sullivan Award, presented annually to the nation’s top amateur athlete.
- Steven is currently a member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
- His widely acclaimed op-ed pieces on the subjects of violence in sports, Title IX, and the Olympics have appeared in leading national publications.
- One of Steven's op-ed pieces—"Let’s Let Kids Play"—has been circulated in several communities as mandatory reading for parents of children enrolled in sports programs.
- Until 1982, he was an elite amateur wrestler and medalist in national and international competition, including the World Maccabiah Games, the Canadian University National Championships, the New York Athletic Club Holiday International Wrestling Championships, the Quebec Open, and the National Preparatory School Championships.
- In 1980, Steven was a competitor in the Canadian Olympic Team Trials in Freestyle wrestling.
- Additionally, he was selected to represent both the United States (2X) and Canada (2X) in international dual meet competition.
- From 1978 to 1981, Steven wrestled for McGill University and the Montreal Elite Wrestling Club, where he was coached by Soviet national champion and world medalist Victor Zilberman, becoming one of the first Soviet-trained American wrestlers.
- In high school, he wrestled for Girard, where be became a two-time Philadelphia-area private school wrestling champion and winner of the boys school’s Scholar-Athlete Award.
- A high school salutatorian and Division I recruit in three sports—soccer, wrestling and baseball—Steven was also a Philadelphia Bulletin Scholar-Athlete.
- In 1988, he was inducted into Girard’s Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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