SOURCE: www.niagara-gazette.com

October 08, 2022

Dick Lang loved wrestling, but he valued relationships with wrestlers more. Many of his @Newfane_HS and Roy-Hart wrestlers use his lessons in their own coaching careers. Lang's former pupils, including @OU_Wrestling coach @LouRosselli, offer a remembrance.https://t.co/DNVGXh2Isv

— Nick Sabato (@NickSabatoGNN) October 7, 2022

When you hear the genuine reverence of which Dick Lang's former wrestlers speak, it's no wonder why they called him Pops. Nor is it a mystery why so many ventured into coaching when their athletic careers ended.

Lou Rosselli recalls times when Lang would bring vapor rub or soup to his house when he was sick. Rosselli was a two-time state champion, three-time U.S. Open champion and 1996 Olympian, but this wasn't preferential treatment for Lang's greatest pupil.