Heidelberg Athletics Hall of Fame
Before graduating in 1984, Anthony Munafo Jr. earned a total of seven varsity letters in wrestling and football.
Three letters came in football where he played both offense and defense. His first two seasons he was a wide receiver before being switched to defensive back his junior year. He started at strong safety and weak side corner.
During his senior season he held down the weak side corner the entire campaign. The Huron High School graduate and standout athlete moved to the wrestling mat at Heidelberg College each season from football and continued his athletic success.
He lettered four years in wrestling as well as being named the Most Valuable Wrestler for the Student Princes his junior and senior seasons.
During his career he compiled one of the finest records in Heidelberg history at 69- 11-2 for an 85.4 winning percentage.
Munafo still holds the finest single season record of 19-1-1 established during the 1982-83 season. During his freshman and sophomore seasons he was the Ohio Athletic Conference runner-up in the 142-pound division.
As a junior and senior he won the OAC crown at 142 and was named the OAC Most Valuable Wrestler his senior year. In addition, he was an NCAA Division III National Qualifier his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
Since graduating from Heidelberg, Munafo has served in the coaching ranks at all levels.  He remained at Heidelberg following graduation two seasons as an assistant wrestling and football coach while earning his teaching certificate.
Munafo then moved to Huron High School where he coached varsity football, junior varsity baseball and junior high wrestling, as well as being involved in the Biddy Wrestling Program. He has since moved on to teaching and coaching in the Sandusky City School District where he has remained since 1987, teaching SBH and HPE at various schools.
In addition, he has coached varsity swimming, junior high and varsity wrestling and varsity football. He is currently the eighth grade HPE teacher at Jackson Junior High and is the defensive secondary and special teams coordinator at Sandusky High School.
(This profile appeared in the 1995 Hall of Fame Banquet program.)
