RI. is one of four new members of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame inducted on November 16. Mr. Gorriaran was born in Havana. Cuba. in 1901 and has been greatly involved in the promotion of wrestling throughout the United States and the world. Mr. Gorriaran came to the United States in 1936. and even before his emigration he had established competition between American teams and teams in his native Cuba. He was instrumental in introducing wrestling as an event in the original Pan American Games in 1932. When he came to the United States he founded the Hook Fast Co. of Providence.
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