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Hall of Fame

William Kern

J. William Kern Sr.

  • Class
    1950
  • Induction
    1995
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Wrestling (M)

Inducted 1995

  • Center/Tackle on the 1949 Mason-Dixon championship football team
  • 1949 Mason-Dixon wrestling Heavyweight Champion
  • 1948 Mason-Dixon wrestling Heavyweight runner-up
  • 16-0 career record
  • Head wrestling coach 1948-1950
  • U.S. Army, 1951-1952
  • Juris Doctorate, University of Baltimore Law School, 1953-1956
  • Volunteer coach, football, track, wrestling, Most Holy Redeemer Elementary School, Westfield, NJ, 1969-1970
  • Special agent U.S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, 1956-1979
  • Promoted to Chief, Firearms Enforcement Branch, BATF, Washington, D.C., Headquarters 1972
  • Taught Business Law, Criminology and American Business History, Benjamin Franklin University, Washington, D.C., 1979-1987
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